London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wembley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Premature Infants (excluding Willesden infants born in Willesden
Maternity Hospital).
(a) The total number who were born:—
(i) at home 31
(ii) in Hospital or Nursing Home 6
(b) The number of those born at home:—
1 i) who were nursed entirely at home 22
(ii) who (lied during the first 24 hours 1
(iii) who survived at the end of one month 30
(c) The number of those 'born in Hospital or
Nursing Home:—
(i) who died during the first 24 hours 3
(ii) who survived at the end of one month 4
Stillbirths.
33 cases allotted to Wembley by Registrar-General. Detailed
investigation made in 34 cases.
Multipara 10
Primipara 24
34
Ante-natal supervision given by —
Hospital and/or Clinic 23
Private medical attendant 10
Information incomplete 1
34
Attendant circumstances—
Instrumental delivery 5
Breech delivery 6
Prematurity 7
Foetal abnormality incompatible with
separate existence 4
Ante-partum hgemorrhage 4
No abnormal cause or circumstance
elicited 8
34
31