[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ante-Natar and Post-Natar Crinics Details of the work carried out at Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics during the year are given below : — ANTE-1 ^ATAL POST-] STATAR No. of new Total . No. of new Total Patients Attendances Pati tents Attendances 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 Fratton A.N., 5 clinics weekly) 1,045 1,097 8,663 8,444 277 266 380 437 (P.N., 1 clinic weekly) Cosham (A.N., 2 clinics weekly) . . 424 410 2,596 2,828 48 60 143 117 (P.N., 2 clinics monthly) Portsea (A.N., 1 clinic weekly) 245 259 1,758 2,208 — — — — Saint Mary’s Hospital (A.N., 9 clinics weekly) . . 1,304 1,243 14,887 17,196 1,272 1,762 1,272 1,844 (P.N., 2 clinics weekly) Totars 3,018 3,009 27,904 30,676 1,597 2,088 1,795 2,398 Institutionar Treatment of Maternity Cases Saint Mary’s Hospital Royal Naval Maternity Home No. of maternity beds (exclusive of isolation and labour) 80 17 No. of patients admitted 2,243 330 Average duration of stay 10-6 days 14 days No. of cases delivered by— (a) Midwives 1,487 279 (b) Doctors 245 36 Cases in which medical assistance was sought by Doctor alwavs midwife available 177 No of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia 39 1 No. of cases of pemphigus neonatorum — — No. of infants not entirely breast-fed while in Insti¬ tution 402 24 No. of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum — — No. of maternal deaths . . — 1 No. of foetal deaths— (a) Stillborn 110 4 (b) Within 28 days of birth 72 1 .