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Bromley 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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had been moved temporarily from a coastal area, where
registration had been duly effected and the nursing home
keeper thought under the circumstances that further
registration was unnecessary. The home conditions were
satisfactory, and informal warning was deemed adequate in
this contravention.
SECTION B (II) MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE
This service was maintained in full operation during
the year and no important changes or developments were
instituted.
NATAL SERVICE.
Domiciliary Midwifery Service.
The midwives are to be commended for their unfailing
devotion to duty during the, trying circumstances of airraiding,
Mothers received professional attention at all
times whether raiding was in progress or not.
The following statistics serve to indicate very briefly the extent of the work accomplished by the four Municipal Midwives during 1941:-
| Total number of bookings | 299 | |
| Disposed of as follows:- | ||
| Booked for midwife | 177 | |
| Booked for maternity nurse | 44 | |
| Booked for hospital | 57 | |
| Subsequent transfers to hospital | 9 | |
| Bookings cancelled, evacuation, &c | 12 | |
| No. of confinements attended:- | ||
| As midwife | 164 | |
| As maternity nurse | 25 | |
| No. of visits by midwives:- | ||
| Ante-natal | 2066 | |
| Post-natal | 3128 |
Domiciliary Medical Practitioner Service:
No. of medical examinations made by doctors:
Ante-natal 161
Post-natal 70