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Bromley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Registered births for 1946 after transferable adjustments
had been made were as follows:—
Live Births Stillbirths Total
1176 33 1209
These are the official figures used for rate calculations.

Table: The number of births occurring in the Borough which were notified to the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936, Section 203, were as follows:—

The number of births occurring in the Borough which were notified to the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936, Section 203, were as follows:—

Domiciliary ConfinementsInstitutional ConfinementsTotal
Live births27211751447
Stillbirths53035
Totals27712051482

Table: By mid-February these figures had been modified ferable births as follows:—by trans-

By mid-February these figures had been modified ferable births as follows:—

by trans-

Outward transfers (Minus)Inward transfers (Plus)Net Total
1447 live births5503091206
35 stillbirths12326
1482 notifications5623121232

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It should be noted that the net figure of 1232 would not remain
static, as the inward transfer figure is progressive, notifications
concerning the area being received for some time during
the current year.
The 1482 confinements occurring in the Borough during 1946
were attended professionally as follows:—
Domiciliary.
Municipal midwives attended: —
(a) As midwives 220
(b) As maternity nurse (with a doctor) 55
Institutional.
Practising midwives attended:—
(a) As midwives 849
(b) As maternity nurse (with a doctor) 356
Others.
Midwives' cases 2
1482