London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Walthamstow 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives

Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives

MIDWIFERY
Domiciliary confinements attended under N.H.S. arrangements where
(a) a doctor was not booked2
(b) a doctor was booked506
Cases delivered in hospital and other institutions but276
discharged and attended before tenth day
Miscarriages attended21
New cases booked611
Cases on the books at the end of the period1,427
Medical aid notices issued3
Visits paid (as midwife)
(a) Ante-natal2,779
(b) Nursing6,762
(c) Other post-natal206
Total visits9,747

Table: ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESICS

ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESICS

Cases in which Gas and Air was administered425
Cases in which Trilene was administered29
Cases in which Pethidine or a related compound
was administered272
CLINIC SESSIONS
Number of sessions attended
(a) Medical Officer's clinics12
(b) General practitioner's clinics299
(c) Midwife's clinics288
Number of ante-natal examinations by the midwife
(a) Medical Officer's clinics12
(b) General practitioner's clinics2,078
(c) Midwife's clinics2,537
Number of women attending midwife's clinics who had not previously attended any ante-natal clinic in the current year612