[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough.

  • Pontefract (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 The following were distributed free of charge I.C.D. Tablets Ferrous Sulphate Tablets Vitcolin Tablets. o sent to the Maternity During the year 18 women wcr Hospital at Le ds; 2 to Hazlcwood Castle Maternity Home; 63 to Walton Ha]1 Maternity Homo; 8 to Wakefield General Hospital, and 26 to ,astlcford Maternity Home; but in the majoritjr of normal cases domiciliary arrangements were made. For domiciliary confinements the full establishment of staff is now in operation, comprising four midwives and a relief midwife. All have bo.;n provided with a car. 1949 saw the issue of Gas and Air machines for Analgesia to all midwivos, and it is hoped that the beginning of 1950 will see the issue of Hie new drug pethcdinc of these should prove a useful weapon in the fight for painless childbirth. Each The following analysis of births occurring during 1949? adjusted by transferred notifications, indicates how the various maternity services and institutions were used. 1. No. of births occurring Ip. the Borough during the year, Domiciliary Cases. Northgatc Lodge. Nursing Home. L. Li. Zh L. 230 4 29 2. Outward Transfers. 3-12 3. Inward Transfers, S. B, Jj o 67 40 S.B TOTAL 330 55 133 408 No. of Inward Trans sx rs. jorniti Hospital at Leeds Castleford Maternity Home Wakefield General Hospital Walton Ha1! Maternity Home Hazlcwood Castle Maternity Homo Four Gables Maternity Home Relations Staincliffc Hospital Manygate Matcrnity Ho spital St. Mary',..' Hospital Leeds ^e^oai’ter Maternity Hospital 18 26 8 63 2 1 2 2 9 1 1 133 Carcg of_ the Premature Inf ant. 17 premature infants were notified during the year. In each case a special invos oige*wien was made, a,H h^lp ^ as required. In hospital cases there was close liaison between hospitals and Authorities.