[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During 1957 they paid 11,762 visits as compared with 12,049 during 1956. Medical aid was summoned in 65 cases in 1957 and in 85 cases during the previous year. Gas /Air Analgesia was administered by District Midwives in 110 cases and Trilene was given in 284 cases. Aggregation of these totals gives a total number of 394 cases to whom analgesia was afforded giving a percentage of 91.4 of total cases compared with 382 cases in 1956 (91.2%). The use of Trilene was introduced in 1956 as an anaesthetic administered by district midwives. The gradual replacement of Gas/Air analgesic machines by Trilene apparatus was carried a stage further during 1957. Pethidine was administered by the District Midwives in 310 cases during the year, as compared with 283 cases in 1956. Environmental Reports. The midwives have continued to do the environmental reports on all patients seeking admission to the Maternity Hospital for reasons other than medical. As, however, the City Maternity Hospital drainage area involves 3 local health authorities, uniform assessment is not possible for all patients entering the home for confinement on social grounds. Complaints are received from time to time from mothers who are assessed as suitable for home confinement in the City on discovering that expectant mothers from one of the “ dormitory ” areas outside the City living in exactly similar housing gain admission to hospital for confinement on “ social circumstances.” Early Hospital Discharges. Notifications from Maternity Homes of all discharges of mothers and babies before the 14th day are received by the Medical Officer of Health, in order that visits may be paid to the homes by Health Visitors or District Midwives, whichever is appropriate. By arrangement, Health Visitors may visit any mother in the City Maternity Home prior to discharge. Chest X-ray of Expectant Mothers. The scheme put into operation in June, 1954, under which General Practitioners could arrange through the Health Department for expectant mothers to have a chest X-ray at the Lincoln Chest Clinic, was continued during 1957 and now includes expectant mothers attending the Local Health Authority’s Ante-Natal Clinic and the Ante-Natal Clinic conducted by the City Maternity Home. The number of expectant mothers X-rayed was as follows:— 1957 1956 Referred by General Practitioners .. 241 203 Referred from Ante-Natal Clinics 76 118 Totals .. 317 321 An additional 32 women were given appointments but failed to attend. Findings. No case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, or suspected case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, was discovered during the year.