[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The general statistics relating to the individual centres, with totals for the whole four, are given in the following table:— Statistics Relating to Work in Areas during 1913. St. George’s and St. Stephen’s. Duddeston and Nechells. St. Martin’s and Deritend. Ladywood and Market Hall. (Aug.-Dee., 1913.) Total. Total number of births ... Births attended by Doctor ,, ,, Doctor and Midwife ... ,, ,, Midwife only Born in Institutions Illegitimate Births per 1,000 •Cl 1 j j i: rStillbirths Excluded from Ui i i. , , Better class houses subsequent I,,, ,, • Wrong addresses visi mg. [ Dead at first visit 1,485 239(16%)* 24 1,068 113 29 68 23 18 41 1,591 289(18%) 72 1,164 22 20 58 38 6 41 1,264 176 (14%) 16 921 33 23 44 104 14 44 570 254(46%) 4 276 10 31 10 21 5 17 4,910 958(20%) 116 3,429 178 22 180 186 43 143 Mother employed before confine- ment 736 582 557 228 2,103 Mother not employed 708 965 589 316 2,578 Premature Births among former per 1,000 36 27 38 23 26 Premature Births among latter per 1,000 16 16 16 23 15 Mothers who have attended Infant Consultations ... 564 372 687 178 1,801 Total number of attendances 1,939 1,426 2,994 550 6,909 Condition at first ; Good (18 twins) 1,012 (69%)+ (16 twins) 1,113(71%) (20 twins) 906 (77%) (8 twins) 391 (71%) 3,422 (70%) Not good... 341 351 169 134 995 Dead 41 41 47 17 146 Stillborn... 68 58 44 10 180 * Percentage reckoned on 1,444, 1,547, 1,146, and 544 Births respectively, t Percentage reckoned on 1,462, 1,563, 1,166, and 552 Babies respectively. The total number of births coming under notice in connection with these four Consultations was 4,910, or more than one-fifth of the total for the whole City. The number of these in which there was no doctor in attendance was 3,429. Children kept under Observation for One Year. The remaining figures in this report apply to children born in the St. George’s and St. Stephen’s area in 1912 and kept under observation for one year. In the other areas the work has not been going on long enough for similar statistics to be available. The total number of babies born alive in this area was 1,344 (4 twins), and 52 stillbirths were registered. Of these 1,344 children 33 were excluded as coming from better class houses, 20 were never found, and 268 were lost sight of. This leaves 1,023 children kept under obseiwation, and of these 186 died, giving an infant mortality rate of 182 per 1,000 births. The 1,019 mothers of these 1,023 children comprised 524 who were industrially employed, and 495 who were not. The mortality among their infants was as follows :— Infant Mortality and Employment of Mother. I Infant Mortality per 1,000. . Births. Deaths. 1912 1911 19i0 1909 1908 Mother employed in a factory, etc. 524 100 191 191 153 179 190 l\Iother not employed... ...: 495 86 174 192 161 169 207