[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

  • West Lothian (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (d) No. of sets on order at 31st December, 1950 ... 0 (e) No. of cases in which gas and air was administered by mid- wives in domiciliary practice during the year (including cases attended by hospital midwives undertaking domiciliary cases) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 (f) No. of cases in which pethedine was administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year (including cases attended by hospital midwives undertaking domiciliary cases) 223 (vii) No. of Cars in use by midwives at 31st December, 1950—15 BOOKINGS 1950 1949 District Nurses 599 454 Private Midwives ... *.. 314 444 OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM There were no cases notified during the year. PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA Puerperal Fever Puerperal Pyrexia 1. Notified by Doctors ... — 1 2. Notified by Midwives ... — — 3. Admitted to Hospital ... — 1 4. Number of Deaths ... — — BANGOUR HOSPITAL MATERNITY UNIT Statistics for the Year 1950 Total Admissions Total patients delivered ... ... Abortion Patients transferred before delivery ... Patients transferred after delivery Maternal deaths ... Maternal death rate (deaths per 1000 live and still births) Infants born in hospital Infants transferred Stillbirths Stillbirth rate (stillbirths per 1000 live and stillbirths) Neonatal deaths ... Neonatal death rate (infant deaths per 1000 live births) * Both from Rheumatic Heart Disease, t Includes 2 in R.S.C.H. 1950 1949 812 727 G82 635 33 9 — o — 1 o* 2.1 — 689 640 3 1 22 17 31.5 26.3 13t 9 19.2 13.9