[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Institutional Treatment of Maternity Cases. Saint Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital Maternity Home No. of Maternity beds (exclusive of isolation and labour). . 71 21 No. of Patients admitted 1,830 279 iVverage duration of stay 10 days 15 days No. of cases delivered by—- (a) Midwives 1,506 256 (b) Doctors . . 198 21 Cases in which Medical Assistance was sought by midwife 354 Doctor always available No. of cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia 6 - No. of cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum — — No. of Infants not entirely breast fed while in Institution 318 74 No. of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum - 3 No. of Maternal deaths . . 5 — No. of Foetal deaths— (a) Stillborn . . 73 3 (b) Within 10 days of birth 33 5 Home Visiting. The Health Visitors paid 30,175 (23,334) visits during the year :— Total Number of Visits 1946 1945 First Visits • • » 5,631 5,000 Subsequent visits to Children from 0 to 1 year of age 8,143 6,600 ,, ,, ,, ,, from 1 to 2 years of age 5,624 4,186 ,, ,, ,, ,, from 2 to 3 years of age 3,758 2,969 ,, ,, ,, ,, from 3 to 5 years of age 6,238 3,961 Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum . . • • • « • 5 Other Visits • • , 781 613