[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/51 (page 16)
    INSPECTION OF MIDWIVES 1. Notices received from Midwives. The following is a summary of the special notices received from midwives during 1947— Notihcation of Still Births ... ... ... 10 „ Death of Infant ... ... ... 6 ,, Death of Mother ... ... ... 2 ,, Artificial Feeding being adopted ... 16 ,, Liability to be a Source of Infection 1 ,, Having laid out of dead body ... Total number of Notices received 32 2. Number of Cases in which Medical Aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act 1918, by a Midwife. (i) In domicihary practice ... ... 173 1 y Total 263 (ii) In Institutional practice ... ... 90 J The following is an analysis of the reasons necessitating the calls for the assistance of a Doctor. (a) Conditions arising before Labour ■'Albuminuria 4 ■> ^ Other Conditions 41 (b) Miscarriage, Abortion and Premature Labour 13 ' Perineal Inj uries 82 Delayed Labour 17 Abnormal Presentations 7 (c) Conditions arising during Labour ■< Abnormal Haemorrhage Retained Products of 1 Conception ... 2 Other conditions 15 f Rise of Temperature ... 18 (d) Conditions arising after Labour \ Other conditions 24 ^ Feebleness or Prematurity 7 Inflamed Eyes 13 (e) Condition of the Infant Deformities 4 ^ Other conditions 15 Total ... 263