London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bromley 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

i3
SECTION B (II). MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
NATAL SERVICES.
Municipal Midwifery Service.
Throughout the war it was the proud achievement of the
municipal midwives that no mother at her confinement lacked
their prompt attention at any hour of the day or night, no matter
that danger had to be faced, and attendance at confinements
n shelters also operated.
During the second half of 1944, owing to fly bomb activity,
mothers were evacuated under the Government scheme to
quieter areas for confinements, and many others went away
from the district for the lying-in period during this disquieting
time. The local Maternity Hospital moved to Yorkshire during
this time, and we were able to loan the services of one midwife
the Hospital for six months.

Table: Thenormal routinework of the midwives was thus somewhat disturbed, butthe following comparative table of statisticsshows little cesationin the work of the year :—

Thenormal routinework of the midwives was thus somewhat disturbed, butthe following comparative table of statisticsshows little cesationin the work of the year :—

YearTotal of bookingsConfinementsHospitalVisiting
attendedcasesAnte-natalPost-natal
19393302503523114251
19402732294120473931
19412991894820663128
194249028414727564690
194352927524228934596
194459824228427843572

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Domiciliary Medical Practitioner Service.
No. of Medical examinations :—
Ante-natal 25
Post-natal 20
An increase in this service is not to be expected until more
doctors are released from National Service.
Ante-natal Clinic.
(a) No. of sessions, Doctor in attendance 58
(b) New cases seen by Doctor 376
(c) Total of all Medical Examinations
cluding (a)] 835