Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1931
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 TABLE No. 5. Births in Hospitals and Nursing. Homes. Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Within the Borough. Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Outside the Borough. St. Luke's Hospital and In stitution 165 St. George's Hospital 36 St. Stephen's Hospital and In¬ stitution 5 Queen Charlotte's Hospital 25 Clapham Maternity Hospital 8 Ormond Maternity Home 22 General Lying-in Hospital 3 Wilbraham Nursing Home 5 Royal Free Hospital 4 Chelsea Hospital for Women 1 Miscellaneous Hospitals 31 Royal Avenue Nursing Home 1 Nursing Homes 29 Total 199 Total 136 From Table No. 4 it will be observed that the number of births of Chelsea Infants in Hospitals and elsewhere outside Chelsea accounted for 19*1 per cent, of the total births. In the preceding year the percentage was 25.3. NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907. Under the above Act, all live and still births occurring after the 28th week of pregnancy must be reported within 36 hours to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the birth takes place. This information is extremely valuable, as it enables the Health Visitor to exercise supervision of the mother and child shortly after confinement. During the year, 833 births were notified as occurring in Chelsea. Of this number, in 221 instances the parents were resident in other Boroughs, and information of such births was transmitted to the Medical Officer of Health concerned. Information was received of 153 births amongst Chelsea mothers in Lying-in hospitals and elsewhere outside the Borough. The total number of notified Chelsea births from all sources was 765. TABLE No. 6. Notification received from. chelsea residents. Non- Residents. Live Births. Still Births. Total. Live Births. Still Births. Total. Medical Practitioners 141 2 143 55 — 55 Midwives 262 3 265 62 — 62 Poor Law Institutions 180 7 187 100 3 103 Parents 17 — 17 1 — 1 000 12 612 218 3 221