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occurred here took place in nursing homes, 8 in private houses. Of these
1,139 confinements, 365 were conducted by local practitioners.
Notifications were received of 1,437 births to Harrow mothers which
took place outside the district. Of these, 1,227 were from hospitals and
179 from nursing homes. Of the patients confined in hospitals outside
the district, 604 were delivered at Redhill County Hospital and 374 at
Bushey Maternity Hospital.
Of a total of 3,509 births, 1,341 occurred in the patient's own homes,
731 in local nursing homes and 1,437 in hospitals or homes outside the
district. Some 2,168 or 60 per cent., therefore, of the confinements took
place in institutions either inside or outside the district. During the
year 17 patients were admitted to a London hospital under the Council's
arrangements.
POST-NATAL SERVICES.
Post-natal Examination.
215 women attended the clinic for post-natal examination, making
altogether 264 attendances.
Puerperal Infection.
(a) Consultant services: The consultant was not summoned to any
patients suffering from puerperal pyrexia.
(b) Hospital services: Any cases of puerperal infection requiring
hospital treatment are removed to the London County Council Northwestern
Hospital. During the year 9 patients were removed.
(c) Home nursing: 4 patients notified as suffering from puerperal
pyrexia were nursed under the Council's arrangements by the staff of the
local District Nursing Association; in addition there were the 15 cases
attended by the Council's midwives who developed pyrexia or were for
other reasons suspected of being infectious.
BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC.
Sessions of this clinic were held fortnightly up to July and thereafter
monthly. 175 women, of whom 69 attended for the first time, made a
total of 258 attendances.
In addition there were four cases to whom no advice was given
as there were no medical grounds justifying such action.