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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council MidwivesMIDWIFERY

Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives

MIDWIFERY

Domiciliary confinements attended under N.H.S. arrangements where
(a) a doctor was not booked10
(b) a doctor was booked533
Cases delivered in hospital and other institutions but discharged and attended before tenth day278
Miscarriages attended4
New cases booked648
Cases on the books at the end of the period235
Medical aid notices issued8
Visits paid (as midwife)
(a) Ante-natal2,709
(b) Nursing5,758
(c) Other post-natal198
Total visits8,665

Table: ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESICS

ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESICS

Cases in which Gas and Air was administered446
Cases in which Trilene was administered21
Cases in which Pethidine or a related compound was administered337

Table: CLINIC SESSIONS

CLINIC SESSIONS

Number of sessions attended
(a) Medical Officer's clinics8
(b) General practitioner's clinics426
(c) Midwife's clinics289
Number of ante-natal examinations by the midwife
(a) Medical Officer's clinics17
(b) General practitioner's clinics2,534
(c) Midwife's clinics2,070
Number of women attending midwife's clinics who had not previously attended any ante-natal clinic in the current year741