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
Tottenham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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hours of work, the necessity for facilities for interviewing patients
and other matters incidental to a midwife's calling, makes it
increasingly difficult for the midwife herself to arrange accommodation.
The ideal is to provide every district midwife with a municipal
house in close relation to the community she serves.
Maternal Mortality.
Puerperal sepsis 2
Other puerperal causes 1
Total 3
The maternal mortality rate was 1.05.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
The following table shows the final results in each of the 24 cases of puerperal pyrexia notified during the year:—
| Domiciliary Confinements. | Occurred in Institutions outside District. | Total. | Final Results. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered | Died. | |||
| 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 | Nil |
Record of Municipal Midwifery Cases.
Number of deliveries 1,528
Number attended as maternity nurses 131
Primipara cases 504
Multipara cases 1,024
Ante-natal visits 2,105
Nursing visits 22,186
Deliveries by midwives in private practice 36
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The number of notifications of this disease was 8. One case
removed from the district before result was known. Seven made a
satisfactory recovery. There were 5 domiciliary confinements and
3 institutional confinements.