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Southall-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following table, based on material kindly supplied by Dr. Tate,
the County Medical Officer of Health, gives information which deals with
notifications relating to Southall, received from midwives resident in Southall
during the year:—
Table No. 24.
| Medical Help | (a) Mother | 48 |
| (b) Child | 10 | |
| Laying out dead body | 2 | |
| Liability to be a source of infection | 5 | |
| Death of child | 4 | |
| Stillbirths | 9 | |
| Artificial feeding | 5 | |
The reasons for sending 58 notifications for medical help were as
follows:—
Table No . 25.
| Ante-natal conditions | 5 | |
| Inflammation of, or discharge from, infant eyes | 3 | |
| Ruptured perineum | 11 | |
| Difficult or prolonged labour | 16 | |
| Haemorrhage in the mother | — | |
| Feeble or premature baby | 4 | |
| Miscarriage | 2 | |
| Other conditions | 7 | |
| 3 | ||
Maternity and Nursing Homes.
The Middlesex County Council is the local authority under the Acts
relating to the registration of maternity and other nursing homes. There are
two private nursing homes in the district.
The following information, relating to maternity and nursing homes in
Southall, has been kindly supplied by the County Medical Officer:—
Table No . 26.
| Total number of registered nursing homes in Southall | 2 |
| Total accommodation (number of beds, 6 and 16) | 22 |
| Number of deletions during the year 1936 | Nil |
| Number of additional applications re registration during the year 1936 | Nil |