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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: After adjustment by the inclusion of transferable births, the above figures have been modified as follows:—

After adjustment by the inclusion of transferable births, the above figures have been modified as follows:—

37 stillbirths15527
1612 notifications6053311338

Table: The number of maternity cases in the Borough during the year who were attended by midwives is as follows:—

The number of maternity cases in the Borough during the year who were attended by midwives is as follows:—

Domiciliary Confinements.
Municipal midwives attended: —
(a) As midwives230283
(b) As maternity nurses (with a doctor)53
Institutional Confinements.
Practising midwives attended: —
(a) As midwives974
(b) As maternity nurses (with a doctor)3281302
1585

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PREMATURE BIRTHS.
All notifications of birth reported to the Medical Officer of
Health are required to disclose prematurity of infants with a
birth weight of 5½ lbs. or less, and particulars of the births of
children occurring in the Borough whose parents are normally
resident outside the area are transferred to the local authority
concerned.

Table: Details of premature births which occurred in Bromley during 1947 are as follows:—

Details of premature births which occurred in Bromley during 1947 are as follows:—

(a) Domiciliary births13
(b) Institutional births49
Total62
No. of non-residents whose particulars were transferred to other authorities26
No. of premature babies born out of the area whose mothers normally reside in the Borough4
Total number of premature babies notified during year whose mothers normally reside in the Borough40