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Southwark 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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TABLE 16.
NOTIFIED BIRTHS.
1936.
Where Born and by Whom Attended.
Mothers
Confined
Notified
Births.
StillBirths
.
Total
Live
Births.
Born in—
Guy's Hospital
206
208
8
200
1, Kennington Park Place
10
10
—
10
General Lying-in Hospital
285
287
5
282
Lambeth Hospital
344
349
14
335
St. Thomas's Hospital
165
165
5
160
King's College Hospital
72
72
1
71
St. Giles's Hospital
139
142
6
136
St. Olave's Hospital
64
64
—
64
Westminster Hospital
14
14
1
13
Charing Cross Hospital
29
29
2
27
Clapham Maternity Hospital
6
6
—
6
Other Hospitals, etc.
85
87
—
87
1419
1433
42
1391
Born at Home and Attended by—
Externs:
Guy's Hospital
168
171
—
171
St. Thomas's Hospital
41
41
1
40
King's College Hospital
—
—
—
—
Midwives:
Guy's Hospital
161
162
1
161
St. Thomas's Hospital
30
30
—
30
Lambeth Hospital
—
—
—
—
General Lying-In Hospital
13
13
—
13
Heygate Street
141
141
3
138
77, Southampton Street
18
18
—
18
Private
245
247
6
241
Doctors:
Private
113
113
5
108
930
936
16
920
Totals
*2349
2369
58
2311
*Of this number, 156, so far as our records show, did not receive
antenatal advice.