Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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In 1940 and part of 1939 the Assistant Medical Officer was also responsible for a number of Clinics.
Number of Expectant Mothers who attended Ante-natal Clinics:- | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
764 | 824 | 750 | 733 | 702 | |
Total attendances at Ante-natal Clinics:- | |||||
(a) New Patients | 764 | 824 | 750 | 733 | 702 |
(b) Old Patients | 6551 | 5661 | 6679 | 5750 | 6032 |
Totals | 7315 | 6485 | 7429 | 6483 | 6734 |
Total number of attendances at:- | |||||
(a) Consultant's Clinics | 124 | 110 | 85 | 117 | 186 |
(b) Resident Obstetrician's Clinics | 2845 | 2507 | 5547 | 2904 | 2229 |
(c) Midwives' Clinics | 4346 | 3868 | 1797 | 3462 | 4319 |
Totals | 7315 | 6485 | 7429 | 6483 | 6734 |
Average attendance per session:-
(a) Consultant's Clinics 10.3 9.16 8.62 14.62 15.5
(b) Resident Ohstetrician's Clinics 19.48 16.27 18.42 16.5 14.38
(c) Midlives' Clinics 15.3 13.66 13.51 14 79 14.69
lost-natal Clinics:-
Number of Clinics 52
Number of Attendances:-
(a) New Patients 504
(b) Old Patients 117
Total 621
Average attendance per session was:- 11.93.
The percentage of new patients relative to the number of
confinements in the Hospital was 62.9
INFANTS.
The number born in the Hospital was 711; this number includes
16 cases of twins, that is 2.3 per cent. of all confinements this
year. (An average figure for twins is 1 per cent.)
The smallest infant - not a twin - weighed 2 lbs. at birth
and was discharged at 3 months weighing 6 lbs. 5 ozs.
BREAST FEEDING.
With the exception of last year, which was our most successful year for breast feeding, our figures are as good, indeed even better, than the several preceding years.
1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) | Infants completely breast fed. | 83.9 | 87.6 | 77.4 | 75.9 | 77.0 |
(b) | Infants partly breast fed. | 12.0 | 9.9 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 17.5 |
(c) | Infants not breast fed at all. | 4.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
HOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY.
(a) Stillbirths. Number of cases
Premature, i.e. 5½ lbs. or less 6
Full term, i.e. over 5½ lbs. 16
Total 22
(b) Infant Deaths.
Premature 8
Full term 3
Total 11
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