[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AIID. CHILD YGaiiFAKB ME); ;T/LS The practice of the midwives during the year was satisfactory, and the inspection of midwives' bags, books, appliances was carried out regularly % 1942 19U Number of midwives practising in the City on • December 31st. 32 30 Total number of cases attended 2273 2192 Number of cases attended as Midwives 1882 1969 Number of cases attended as Maternity Nurses 391 223 Number of midwives* cases in which medical assistance was sought 603 429 Showing a percentage of 32.0 21.3 Amount paid by jjocal Authority to medical men in respect of above attendances £1067 £702 Amount paid as premiums under the Insurance Scheme £250 £183 Amount recovered from patients £309 £133 Nett cost to Local -authority £308 £322 Percentage of mid wives ’• cases in which medical assistance was sought for insured cases 43.4 60.3 for uninsured cases 54.6 40.3 DOMICEInRI SDRVICD OP ME./IVES' Number of Municipal- lid wives employed in Portsmouth _4- rH 14 Number of Enicipal lid wives evacuated to Emergency Home s 1 3 Number of cases booked 1393 1092 Number of patients delivered 1087 689 Excluding holidays and sickness - Percentage of cases per midwife per month 6.5 4.8 Equivalent percent eg.:, of cases per midwife per Jv annum 77.6 37.4 Average weekly number of bookings 30.7 21 ANTE-NATE AND ESTJEii CLINICS Details of the work curried out at the Council1s Ante —I at al and .irost' natal clinics during the year are given below j- i * -1-t patient 1942 « 1941 ANTE-NATAL i \ Attendances! I!°* 01 ^ —— » ^°* u± * attendances Fratton (tliree Clinics woe lily) Cosham (one Clinic weekly) | 669 : 367 I • i ■ 1942 ; 19U • - - -4 2878 1 1637 223 Saint Mary*s Hospital] 133 ; 1198 : 804' . 1 1 i • (three Clinics | J weekly) 1338 k 817 : 7753 : 4734 4-— .. - t L_ TOTALS 1 , 2230 _i... 1337 P-1829 1 7173 -i_ L- FOST-N.UE patients \ * •- • •- * ' j* :i942 ' - - - » • u 1941 '• j * *Vi 1942 1941 » • 0 * • - 1 { . - . . - u • . , : ■ 6! * • i i * 4: { 1 6. • i 4 1 » i > t • 1 ! 9 ' 1 a , i i • 1 » 1 3; < j t 2 * i 5 ! 1 •j 1 • i f ; 324; 1 1 1 » 198: » . 336 I j 362 j 1 1332; -L * 207» 1 * 364 1 371 > The number of patients attending Ante-natal Clinics in Portsmouth represents 72*7 (82.6) por cent of the women confined during the year.