[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 DERBY. DUFFIELD. Average No. of No. of for Derby, rainy rainy 1920-1940 Inches. days. Inches. days. inclusive. January ... 3-34 ... 18 ... 3*72 19 2*80 February ... 2-46 ... 16 ... 2*93 ... 20 2*06 March 2-83 ... 12 ... 3*18 ... 13 1*64 April 1-62 ... 11 ... 2*16 ... 13 2*19 May 2-50 ... 12 ... 2*69 ... 14 2*32 June ... 0-81 ... 7 ... 0*60 7 1*87 July 404 ... 10 ... 4*22 ... 12 ... 3*03 August 4-21 ... 19 ... 4*38 ... 20 2.52 September ... 0-40 ... 4 ... 0*35 7 2*33 October ... 2-77 ... 16 ... 3*21 ... 18 ... 2*83 November... 2-94 ... 22 ... 3*27 ... 22 2*83 December 1*07 ... 11 ... 1*41 ... 10 ... 2*.52 28*99 ... 158 ... 32*12 ... 175 ... 28*94 II -MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE. MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES. There were seven midwives practising in tlie Borough, and amongst these several changes took place during the year. The municipal raidwives attended 301 confinements including non- residents and medical aid was sought in 184 cases. 152 on account of mother or expectant mother. 32 on account of infant. No maternal deaths occurred in the cases booked by municipal mid- wives. Midwives.—107 midwives gave notice of intention to practise within the Borough during 1041. 84 were attached to institutions (25 at the Derby Royal Nursing Institution, 2 at the Queen Mary Nursing Home, 32 at the City Hospital, 3 at the Poor Law Institution, 17 at the Women’s Hospital, 4 at the Borough Isolation Hospital, and 1 at Nursing Homes). 20 were connected with the Health Department (including two School Nurses) and 3 practised privately (one of these being resident outside the Borough). Of the 3 mid wives practising privately in the Borough, 1 did not attend any cases in the Borough during the year, the remainder attended 122 cases (119 births and 3 stillbirths). Medical aid was sought in 32 cases, 25 on account of the mother and 7 on account of the infant. In addition, these midwives acted as maternity nurses at 10 cases. 41 visits to midwives were paid and 12 interviews. Ante-Natal Clinics. City Hospital. 893 women made 4,910 attendances during the year. Boulton. 71 women made 602 attendances during the year.