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Walthamstow 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: MUNICIPAL MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICEThe table below shows the number of visits done :—

MUNICIPAL MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICE

The table below shows the number of visits done :—

Ante-Natal Visits.Deliveries.Lying-in Visits.Total Visits.
Patients' Homes.Midwife's House.Clinic.Mid.Mat.
Municipal8761,67127355445,2167,189
W.D.N.A.1,0941,841—261305,7889,014
Total1,9703,512276167411,00416,203

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FACILITIES FOR CONFINEMENT
The table below gives details of " future bookings" at the
end of the month stated.

Table: 1The peak months for bookings were October and November,1946,and it will be noted that bookings have steadily declined throughout the current year.

1The peak months for bookings were October and November,1946,and it will be noted that bookings have steadily declined throughout the current year.

Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
(a) Thorpe Coombe562571547529515511503499543562566556
(b) District Municipal2302102211881851611229591908686
(c) District, W.D.N.A.253247251198181178163134132130122126
(d) Total (6) and (c)483457472386366339285229223220208212
Grand Total (a) and (d)1,0451,0281,019915881850788728766782774768

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Public Health Act, 1936 (Nursing Homes).—See Public
Health Section of the Report.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Thirty cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during 1947.
The notifications were received from the following sources :—
Maternity Hospital 20
Hospitals outside the area 5
General Practitioners 5*
* All were in Hospital or admitted except one.
The Puerperal Pyrexia rate for 1947 was 10.99 per 1,000
births as compared with 12.62 in 1946, and the mortality due to
puerperal sepsis was nil.