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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
Bromley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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which serves a wider area than Bromley, are occupied by cases
not coming under either environmental or medical necessitous
circumstances.
The Bromley and District Hospital had a very full year in their two maternity hospital units, and I am indebted to the Medical Officer of the two units for the following interesting figures for 1946:—
| Widmore Rd.Unit | Masons Hill Unit | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of beds | 22 | 38 | 60 |
| No. of maternity cases admitted | 518 | 780 | 1298 |
| No. of ante-natal in-patients admitted | 33 | 45 | 78 |
| No. of cases delivered by Midwives | 383 | 466 | 849 |
| Doctors | 105 | 251 | 356 |
| Medical aid sought by midwives in emergency | 176 | 178 | 354 |
| No. of Puerperal Pyrexia cases | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| No. of infants receiving complementary or supplementary feeding | 50 | 80 | 130 |
| No. of infants wholly breastfed on discharge | 443 | 633 | 1076 |
| No. of maternal death | — | 1 | 1 |
| No. of stillbirths | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| No. of infant deaths within 10 days | 5 | 10 | 15 |
PUERPERAL PYREXIA NOTIFICATION.
Twenty-one cases were notified to the Medical Officer of
Health during 1946. Three were domiciliary cases of whom
one was subsequently hospital treated, and 18 concerned
institutional confinements. The visiting officers of the Department
followed-up with care and advice in 11 cases and the remaining
cases returned home to addresses outside the area.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM NOTIFICATION.
After an absence of cases since 1943 two cases were notified
during 1946. Both received in-patient treatment and vision
unimpaired was reported in each case.