[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDWIFERY The number of cases attended by the Municipal District Midwives during the last five years was as follows :— As As Maternity Total Midwives Nurses 1951 .. • • • .. 368 63 431 1950 .. # • • .. 321 88 409 1949 .. • • • .. 304 114 418 1948 .. • • * .. 369 133 502 1947 .. . .. 447 107 554 During 1951, they paid 11,727 visits as compared with 11,449 during 1950. Medical aid was summoned in 93 cases in 1951 and in 77 cases during the previous year. Gas/air analgesia was administered by the Municipal District Mid¬ wives in 298 cases giving a percentage of 69.1 of total cases, as compared with 257 cases in 1950 (62.8%). Pethedine was administered by the Municipal District Midwives in 275 cases during the year. In July 1949, a scheme was inaugurated whereby the Matron of the City Maternity Home referred to the Medical Officer of Health for investigation, cases seeking admission to the Maternity Home, on the grounds that the home conditions were not suitable or convenient for the confinement to take place there. During 1951, 210 cases were investigated by the District Midwives and of these, 139 were recommended for admission to the Maternity Home on environmental and/or sociological grounds. Arrangements were made during the year whereby notification from Maternity Homes of all discharges of mothers and babies before the 14th day are received by the Medical Officer of Health, in order that visits may be paid to the homes of patients by Health Visitors or District Mid¬ wives, whichever is appropriate. The Local Heath Authority is the local supervising authority for the purposes of the Midwives Act, 1951. Statistics relating to maternity cases attended by midwives practising in the area, other than those attended by the Municipal District Midwives, are as follows:— As As Maternity 1951 1950 Midwives Nurses Total Total Cases attended :— (a) By midwives employed in Institutions .. 215 722 937 886 (b) By domiciliary midwives in private practice .. 15 ' 8 23 20 Totals .. .. .. 230 730 960 906 HEALTH VISITING During the year the Health Visitors paid 3,138 visits in respect of children under the age of 1 year and 7,191 visits in respect of children between the ages of l and 5 years. The comparable figures for 1950