[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough.

  • Brighton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ORTHOPAEDIC SCHEME. Attendances at Clinic. Patients treated in Hospital. Tuberculosis cases 43 ... ... 4* Infant Welfare cases ... ... 358 ... ... ... — Education Committee cases ... 1594 ... 14 Total . . 1995 18 'Children suffering from surgical tuberculosis are for the most part treated at the Borough Sanatorium. For further details of the Scheme see page 11 of School Report. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The infant mortality was 60 per thousand. (Figure for Fngland and Wales, 69.) MIDWIVES. During 1927, 48 midwives notified their intention to practice in the area. Of the 18 in private practice, 6 did not practise, and 4 were in practice for a short time onl5\ Of the total 44 had passed a qualifying exammation and 4 were in practice prior to the passing of the Act in 1901 ; of the latter, one is illiterate. The number of visits paid to midwives was 52. To all private midwives living and practising in Brighton at least one visit was paid quarterly. MEDICAL HELP CALLED IN. i o 1 4^ O ! i 00 O • rH P CC • pH CO C3S CO 1-^ o o S s Q © 'cd % ■+J o3 H O eg 03 & H _> Uo O H Q > Cb CO O K Pm QQ o w Pregnancy— 8 222 93 129 Miscarriage ... 9 1 Lying-in Period (Mother)— Haemorrhage (A.P.) 6 5 1 Rise of Temperature 44 1 43 Threatened Miscarriage 1 1 — Other reasons 24 9 15 A1 buminuria... Other reasons 9 9. 9 8 1 Condition of Infant— Premature Birth 19 1 18 Condition of Baby ... 27 6 21 Labour— Discharge from eyes 51 2 49 1 8 1 2 Convulsions ... 1 1 Transverse presentation Breech Cases 6 Malformation 1 — 1 Prolapse of Cord 6 3 3 Other notifications (Rule 22)— Abnormal presentation 5 4 1 Substitution artificial for Delav in Labour 74 28 46 breast feeding 29 5 24 Retention Placenta 5 1 4 Stillbirth 32 15 17 Rupture Perineum ... 77 24 53 Possible a source infection 1 1 — Haemorrhage (P.P.) 8 2 6 Laid out dead body 3 3 — Instruments required 4 4 — Death of child 3 3 — 222 93 129 457 139 318 During the year £122 was paid by the Council to doctors called in by midwives on 73 occasions and during the same period £65 was recovered from patients.