[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council.
- Dorset (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Maternity Beds. The number of maternity patients admitted to beds in hospital under the County Scheme was 92 as compared with 83 in 1936. The following table shows the number admitted during the year to the various hospitals ;— Name of Hospital. No. Admitted. A vevage Length of Stay. Weymouth and District 11 19.3 days. Dorset County 23 25.1 „ Cornelia Hospital, Poole 34 20.8 „ Salisbury Infirmary 5 18.2 „ Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne 9 15.2 „ Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth 10 17.6 „ Totals 92 19.4 „ The details of these cases are as follows :— A. Booked Cases—68. Cases admitted :— (1) Owing to complications of previous pregnancy only ... ... 12 (2) Owing to complications of present pregnancy including 6 cases with complications in previous pregnancy ... ... ... ... 39 (3) For other than medical reasons ... ... ... ... ... 17 B. Emergency Cases—24. Admitted for complications of pregnancy on labour ... ... ... 24 Total ... 92 Of the 68 booked cases 32 were primagravidae and 36 multiparae. Of the 24 emergency cases 13 were primagravidae and 11 multiparae. One maternal death was recorded. The patient a primagravida was admitted as an emergency owing to pre-eclampsia. The accommodation at Public Assistance Institutions in the County is unchanged since it was reviewed in the Annual Report of 1936. Thirty-eight maternity patients were admitted to beds in the institutions during the year compared with 40 in 1936. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. The attendances at the centres continue to be satisfactory and are shown in the following table :— Name of Centre. Total number of attendances of Children. Total number of attendances for first time during year. Total number who attended during year and who at end of year were No. o] openings. Under 1 yr. Between 1-5 years. Under 1 yr. Between 1-5 years. Under 1 yr. Between 1-5 years. Beaminster 222 242 22 4 20 53 49 Bere Regis 109 448 13 7 10 58 24 ]31andford 176 414 31 13 28 72 24 * Bridport 430 202 40 3 28 69 47 * Dorchester Ferndown (opened 1028 673 £5 35 69 102 51 21/1/37) 226 254 37 37 25 57 23 Gillingham 184 313 22 11 17 40 48 Lyme Regis 634 637 26 6 18 29 52 *Portland (UnderhiU) 609 334 39 11 28 67 49 ♦Portland (Tophill) 500 572 41 14 33 88 50 Sherborne 917 1056 45 14 33 103 51 ♦Swanage 956 854 72 12 45 159 51 Wareham 757 1221 39 13 33 130 52 Wimborne 922 1098 58 13 52 116 51 Totals 7670 8318 580 193 439 1143 622 * County Council Centres. The others are Voluntary Centres receiving a grant in aid.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29165891_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
