[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lying-in Domiciliary Institutional Total Abdominal pain 6 I 7 Breast condition 29 1 1 40 Chest condition 3 ? 5 General condition 37 4 4] Influenza.. 3 1 4 Maternal distress 5 5 Oedema 2 2 Phlebitis .. 16 2 18 Post-partum haemorrhage 75 16 91 Pyelitis .. 1 1 Pyrexia .. 51 19 70 Subinvolution .. 1 2 3 Varicose veins .. 13 5 18 Vomiting I 1 2 243 64 307 Child Domiciliary Institutional Total Abnormality 15 2 17 Asphyxia 13 _ 13 B.B.A. 13 — 13 Chest condition 6 _ 6 Congenital defect 10 — 10 Coryza .. 4 2 6 Cyanosis 20 5 25 Death 1 — 1 Deformity 11 5 16 Eye condition 50 3 53 General condition 60 4 64 Haemorrhage 2 — 2 Jaundice 11 — 11 Mastitis .. 1 1 Melaena .. — 2 2 Prematurity 51 7 58 Skin condition .. 12 3 15 Stillbirth 21 — 21 Umbilical condition 3 2 5 Vomiting 10 4 14 313 40 353 The following statutory notifications were received from midwives’during the year:— Maternal death .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Death of the infant .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 Stillbirth. 200 Laying out ofthe dead .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 Substitution of artificial feeding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,293 Liability to be a source of infection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 127 As the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives for the supervision of practising midwives within their area supervisors are employed. The following is a summary of their Act, the County Council are responsible and, for this purpose, two non-medical work:— Consultations with Divisional Medical Officers .. .. .. .. .. 117 Practical visits to midwives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 307 General visits to midwives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •. 137 Attendances at labour .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . • • • 5 Attendances at parentcraft classes .. .. .. .. .. .. •. 35 Visits of inspection at maternity homes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Visits undertaken with pupil midwives .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 14 Post-certificate instruction.—Fifty-five midwives attended approved post-certificate courses at the following centres—Bradford, Brighton, Hull, Manchester, Sheffield and Stoke. Fourteen pupil midwives were trained in the practice of domiciliary midwifery in accordance with the regulations of the Central Midwives Board governing second period training.