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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1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 (to July 4) | Total | |
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Number of patients admitted— | ||||||||||||||||
(a) During Ante-natal period | 29 | 95 | 137 | 109 | 96 | 119 | 126 | 101 | 137 | 166 | 141 | 156 | 203 | 225 | 84 | 1,924 |
(b) For confinement | 229 | 646 | 660 | 616 | 675 | 552 | 684 | 615 | 658 | 865 | 868 | 995 | 1,222 | 1,209 | 606 | 11,100 |
(c) On account of mis-, carriage | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 31 | |||||
(d) During post-natal period | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 84 |
TOTALS | 258 | 747 | 799 | 729 | 775 | 675 | 817 | 717 | 801 | 1,037 | 1,018 | 1,162 | 1,446 | 1,462 | 696 | 13,139 |
Ante-natal patients delivered before discharge | - | - | - | 26 | 16 | 43 | 33 | 30 | 37 | 26 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 47 | 20 | 357 |
No. of confinements | 229 | 646 | 660 | 639 | 691 | 595 | 720 | 645 | 695 | 891 | 907 | 995 | 1,247 | 1,253 | 624 | 11,437 |
No. of patients delivered by— | ||||||||||||||||
(a) Mid wives | 195 | 564 | 584 | 532 | 570 | 500 | 609 | 572 | 606 | 797 | 795 | 877 | 1,084 | 1,125 | 566 | 9,976 |
(b) Doctors | 34 | 82 | 76 | 107 | 121 | 95 | 111 | 73 | 89 | 94 | 112 | 118 | 163 | 128 | 58 | 1,461 |
TOTALS | 229 | 646 | 660 | 639 | 691 | 595 | 720 | 645 | 695 | 891 | 907 | 995 | 1,247 | 1,253 | 624 | 11,437 |
Percentage of cases delivered by— | ||||||||||||||||
(a) Mid wives ...... | 85.2 | 87.3 | 88.5 | 83.2 | 82.4 | 84.0 | 84.2 | 88.6 | 87.2 | 89.4 | 87.6 | 88.1 | 86.8 | 89.7 | 90.7 | 87.2 |
(b) Doctors | 14.8 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 12.7 |
Approximately one-fifth of cases delivered by doctors were private cases of general practitioners. The remainder were cases delivered by a medical officer because of abnormal medical or obstetrical condition. |