[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1947 Notification of Births (Public Health Act, 1936, Section 203). The Act requires that all births occurring in the area of Ashton-under-Lyne (after the 28th week of pregnancy, whether alive or still) shall be sent to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of the birth. All births occurring within the area are, therefore, notified to me whether the parent is a resident or a non-resident of Ashton-under-Lyne. Total Ashton Notified. Residents Number of Notified Male ... 1239 Live Births... Female ... 1099 2338 1023 Number of . Male 33 Still Births ... Notified _ . Female ... 24 57 24 By Institutions:— Lake Hospital ••• ••• ••• 1433 District Infirmary 543 Nursing Homes 9 Midwives 388 Doctors ... 15 St. Mary’s ... 7 i 2395 Notifications received by Department in- eluded above, tout transferred elsewhere 1348 Total Notified Births allocated to Ashton-under-Lyne 1047 Percentage of Total Notified (a) Institutions & Homes ... . Nursing 83.173% Births (Live and Still) - (b) Municipal Midwives ... 16.200% received from (c) Doctors 627% MIDWIVES PRACTISING IN THE AREA. There were five midwives practising in the area during 1947, and all five were Municipal Midwives appointed by the Lancashire County Council. MATERNAL MORTALITY. 1947 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. Maternal Mortality Rate Puerperal Sepsis Nil- (per 1,000 Total Births Other Puerperal Causes ... Nil. i.e., Live and Still). Nil.