[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    26 USE OF OBSTETRIC UNIT ....... ... 1 1962 1961 1960 Post partum haemorrhage, primary .. 10 19 11 „ „ ,, secondary — — 1 ,, ,, ,, with shock 1 3 3 Retained placenta .. 14 16 19 ,, ,, and post partum haemorrhage 7 3 4 ,, ,, and delay in second stage — — — Uterine inertia 1 — — Severe anaemia — — — Prolapsed cord — — — Ante partum haemorrhage .. 5 2 3 Malpresentation 1 — — Foetal distress 1 3 •— Obstetric shock 1 — 2 Asphyxiated baby .. — — 1 Eclampsia — — 2 Abortion 1 Totals 41 46 47 Hospital Admissions. There were 35 emergency admissions to hospital at the midwives’request, a decrease of 12 compared with last year. Hospital Confinements. Arrangements were made for 410 mothers to be delivered in hospital, because of unsatisfactory home conditions, from a total of 763 applications. Of the applicants, 39-6% were West Indian, some of whom were in an advanced state of pregnancy on arrival in this country. The number of immigrants accepted for hospital confinement on social grounds was approximately double that of last year and represented two thirds of the total. An analysis is given of the homeland of the applicants. Country of origin Number of applicants 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 British Isles 407 406 444 412 476 West Indies .. 302 260 223 161 229 India and Pakistan 42 40 31 22 27 Others