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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The following table shows the work done by Midwives (including those employed at Thorpe Coombe fraternity Hospital) during 1944:-
No.of confinements attended as a Midwife | 1343 |
" " " Maternity Nurse | 226 |
" " Medical Aid notices sent | 400 |
" " notifications of deaths | 4 |
" " twin births notified | 29 |
" " stillbirths notified | 10 |
" " notifications of liability to be a source of infection | 5 |
" laying out of a dead body | 1 |
" artificial feeding | 5 |
" " " " disinfection | 5 |
The above table includes the following numbers with regard to work done at Thorpe Coombe:
Midwifery cases | 795 |
Maternity cases | 112 |
Medical Aid Notices | 261 |
The percentages of Medical Aid Notices vtere:-
Total, 25.4.
Maternity Hospital, 28.8.
Domiciliary Midwives, 21.1,
The conditions for which Medical Aid was summoned by Midwives in
domiciliary practice have been summarised and were as follows: -
For complications during pregnancy:-
Albuminuria | 1 |
Threatened abortion | 1 |
Other conditions | 5 |
7 |
For complications during labour:-
Delayed 1st and 2nd stage 18
Perineal laceration 65
Pyrexia 5
Post-partum haemorrhage 1
Ante-par turn haemorrhage 1
Malpresentation 5
Retained placenta 4
Other conditions10
Tota 1 109
For complications in regard to the infant: -
Prematurity & feebleness 6
Discharging eyes 1
Other conditions16,
Total 23
COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF CASES.- Compensation is made to Midwives
by the payment of 10/- per confinement lost by reason of the reference
of the patient from the Council's Ante-Natal Clinic to hospital on
account of any abnormality. No claim for compensation was made during
1944.
MUNICIPAL MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICE.- The table below shows the number of visits done:-
Ante-Natal Visits | Clinic | Delive ries | Lying-in Visits | Total visits | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients' Homes | Midwife's House | Mid. | Mat. | |||
2,167 | 2,826 | 340 | 422 | 47 | 9,282 | 15,084 |
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Nursing Homes).- See Public Health Section
of the report.
52.