[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

  • West Lothian (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONFINEMENTS (Contd.) Consultants called in. Anaesthetists called in. The reasons for admission of cases MEDICAL - Retained Placenta 4 Abortion 3 Obstructed Labour 4 Pre-eclamptic Toxaemia 12 Ulcers in leg 1 Pulmonary embolism 1 Contracted pelvis 1 Malpresentation 3 Hyperpiesia 1 G^cosuria 1 Haemorrhage 3 Disproportion 1 Severe P.P.H. 1 1945 1944 2 2 1 5 hospital were as follows - Pyelitis 1 Repair Perineum 2 Septate Vagina 1 Albuminuria 4 A.P.H. 6 Caesarian Birth 2 Threatened Abortion 1 Valvular Heart Disease 1 Premature Ruptured Membranes 2 Anaemia 1 Hysteria 1 Prolapse of cord 1 Breech Presentation 3 VITAMINS - Government Scheme for Distribution of Free or Cheap Milk and Vitamin Preparations, At the end of the year there were 715 expectant mothers and 7,605 children in receipt of free or cheap milk* The percentage of eligible participants making use of the vitamin scheme was 44% for orange juice, 20% for cod liver oil, and 26% for A. and D. tablets. Three maternity outfits were supplied during the course of the year. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM - (a) Number of cases notified - 1 1. By doctors 2. By Midwives 1 3. By Institutions (b) Number of cases in which infection is gonococcal - (o) Number treated in residential institutions 1 (d) Number of cases in which there is an appreciable loss of vision PUERPERAL FEVER and PUERPERAL PYREXIA 1. Notified by doctors 2. Notified by midwives 3. Admitted to hospital 4. Number of deaths Puerpo ral Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia. 4 3 4 2 I* 1 2 3 • SCHOOL CHILDREN. The report on School Health Servioes is issued separately. III. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. See Table/