[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The conditions in which medical help was requisitioned by Midwiyes were:— Post Partum Haemorrhage ... 2 Ante Partum Hemorrhage ... 7 Puerperal Septicemia I Abscess of Breast ... I Rise of Temperature ... 32 . Premature Births ... ... 24 Torn Perineum ... 25 Retained Placenta ... 9 ,, ,, and Ruptured Perineum 2 Complications of Confinement ... 18 Swelling of Legs ... 5 Miscarriages 10 Breech Presentations 21 Stillbirths 2 Malformation of Infant 9 Convulsions of Infant 3 Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... 52 Prolonged Labour ... ... ... 29 Deaths of Infants ... 3 ,, ,, (B.B.A.) ... I Pleurisy ... I Abortion ... 6 General Condition of Infants ... 24 287 The number of visits and inspections made during the year amounted to:— Routine visits and inspections ... 85 Special visits and enquiries... ... 201 286 The number of women in childbirth who were attended by Midwives during the year amounted to 2,230, of which 2,153 were live births and 75 were stillbirths. The total number of births registered in the Borough during the same period amounted to 2,617 (including non-residents), the per¬ centage of live births attended by Midwives was therefore 82.4, being a considerable increase over the previous year, when the percentage was 73.2.