[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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    INSTITUTION Til ,AH HINT 01 HATDKNITY CAf! 1 * c >jO i Saint Nary’s Chiltley Royal Naval s IIos dtal Place Maternity . Home \ .. No. of Maternity teds (exclusive of i | | isolation and labour) { 38 21 17 j i \ No, of Patients admitted i 814 Lf days 395 305 I 1 i , . j Average duration of stay \ 14 days * i 10 days ] j i No, of cases delivered by - \ < j ( (a) Hidwives 437 369 279 ! (b) Doctors 50 22 22 ! t j ; Cases in which medical assistance was * 1 ] sought by midwife Ql 85 Doctor always ; i i available ! : No, of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia 13 15 4 ; \ ■ No. of cases of pemphigus neonatorum ! ++ i — » • i No. of infants not entirely t x*oast fed i * i while in Institution 27 59 64 \ ■No, of cases notified as ophthalmia > 1 1 < neonatorum 1 - 3 : • - hesuit of treatment 4 ; Recovered — Recovered * « 1 !No. of maternal deaths f ; 8 \ • 1 - No, of fo etaL deaths: - 4 l $ > ! (a) Stillborn > (b) 'within 10 days of birth « 9 • 48 4 7 ; : 16 i ! 5 i -y 3 i I * HOMS VISITING- - The Health i&itors paid 17,752 (24,217; visits during the year:- Tot;! nuniber _of visits.^ 19 42 JHHL First visits ft * • • • • 2613 2492 Subsequent visits to children from 0 to 1 year of age 4049 5360 tt :t ;t tt si 1 to 2 years of age 3122 5509 ll :» it it ;t 2 to 3 tt tt tt - 3269 4610 n it tt n it ^ to 5 tt tt it 4107 5828 Visits to cases attending centres . • • • 31 64 Visits 10 ante- natal oases • • • Ml 2 Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonat erui 1 ♦ • — 1 Other visits 9 • • • • ft 561 351