[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Children Age. Cause of death. Institution. left. 25 (la) Pulmonary Embolism, (6) Femoral Thrombo- phlebitis, (c) Childbirth ; (2) Severe Anaemia — 1 25 (la) Toxaemia of pregnancy; (2) Postp<\rtum Haemorrhage (labour six hours previously). P.M D.C.H. — 32 (la) Obstetric Shock ami Postpartum Haemon-- hage, (6) Occipito posterior presentation. Dee]) transverse arrest. Rigidity of cervix. Manual rotation. Forceps delivery. P.M.... W.H. — 40 Antepartum Haemorrhage due to placenta praevia, P.M W.H. 5 34 Heart Failure due to Umbilical Haemorrhage, caused by ectopic gestation. Coroner P.M. without Inquest ... ... ... ... — 1 Births.—3,518 notifications were received during 1945 under the Notification of Births Act, 1907. Of these, 2,388 were live births and 08 were still-births relating to Derby residents. 1,007 were live births and 55 were still-births relating to non-residents. The details wore as follows :— Derby Residents. f Non-Residents. Percent- Percent- No. age. No. age. Live Births. Notified by Midwives ... 782 22-23 18 0-51 Notified by Doctors 136 3-86 9 0-25 Notified from Institutions by Mid wives 1177 33-46 495 14-07 Notified ,, „ ,. Doctors 293 8-33 485 13-78 Still-Births. Notified by Midwives 25 0-71 1 0 02 Notified by Doctors 2 0-06 • • • .... Notified from Institutions by Midwives 25 0-71 16 0-45 Notified ,, ,, „ Doctors 16 0-45 38 1-08 Totals ... 2,456 69-81 1062 30-16 1,511, or 03‘3% of total births relating to residents took place in Institutions. 2,489 births were registered. Still-Births. 123 Still-Births were notified (50 being notified by Medical Practitioners and 07 by Midwives). 68 were in respect of Derby residents and 55 non-residents. There were 110 burials of still-born children in the Derby cemeteries during the year. 05 still-births were registered in respect of Derby residents. Percentage of still-births to live births registered was 2 2. 68 still-births were investigated. Care of Premature Infants.—Owing to building difficulties and the continued excessive demands for normal maternity accommodation, no further progress for the ])rovision of residential care for premature infants has been possible, but the Consulting Pediatrician has carried on with his work during the year. The notification of all infants under 54 lbs. is now being made. During the year the Nightingale Nursing Home, which is an institution run by the Derbyshire Nursing Association, opened a Sjiecial Ward for the care of premature children, and this is functioning ver}^ successfully.