[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council.

  • Buckinghamshire (England). County Council. n 50052973.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following' is a brief summary of the cases admitted during 1940 East End M. The Grange. Home. Shardeloes, High Wycombe. Tyringham. Amersham. No. of Births: ., of Admissions: Still-Births: 38 55 ,, Breech Presentations: — „ Ante-partum haemorrhage : — „ Post-partum haemorrhage: — ,, Caesarian section: — „ Forceps Deliveries: — ,, Twins: „ Neo-natal Deaths: 52 397 75 421 (these include cases of toxaemia for treat- ment, breeches for version, etc., some of whom re- turned later for delivery). 2 19 (5%of total. (4% of This is a low still-birth rate total), for a hospital taking ab- normals). 1 12 (3% of total). — 16 (4% of total). 1 12 (3% of total). — 6 (5 living babies. All mothers survived). 3 27 (6% of total, (6% of which is a low number for total), hospital practice, and rep- resents the average for the practice of a Queen's Nurse). —• 6 (One pair died neo-natally, and two pairs were still-born). 1 6 (2% of total). Maternal Deaths: 1 (making a mater- nal mortality of 2.4 per 1,000 live births. This is a low number). SECTION C.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. (i) Water Supply. (ii) Drainage and Sewerage. (iii) Housing. 1. Water Supply. The Bucks Water Board have made excellent progress with their undertaking, and the following list gives details of the parishes and the numbers of consumers, connected to the mains. Certain parishes in the south of the Wing Rural District, viz., Pitstone, Ivinghoe, Slapton and Edlesborough, were the first to be conniected, and these were followed by parishes in the Aylesbury, Rural District in which water was available in the spring of 1940. The work of connecting up was then, continued in the Buckingham and Winslow Rural Districts, together with the remaining parishes of the Wing Rurali District. Thifj work was largely completed by the end of September, 1940, by which time the Battlesden Pumping Station was in full operation, and therefore water was available in the whole of the area.