[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Lytham St Annes Borough.

  • Lytham St. Anne's (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Lytham St Annes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -9- 9. PUERPERAL PYREXIA. No coses were notified during the year. (b) Non-notifiable diseases;- 1. INFLUENZA. Influenza is not notifiable and information as to its prevalence is mainly obtained from the death returns. As only one death, a female, was attributed to this cause during the year, it cannot have been prevalent to any great extent. 2. CANCER. There has been a decrease in the number of deaths from cancer*. 72 deaths (male and female) being registered as due to this disease. The death rate is 2.37 per 1,000 which is 0.18 below the rate for the previous five years. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE* Under the National Health Service Act, 1946, the maternity and child welfare functions of the Local Authority were transferred to the Lancashire County Council on the 5th July, 1948; and, unless otherwise stated, details in this section relate to the period 1st January to the 5th July, 1948. MATERNAL DEATHS. Only one maternal death occurred during the year. MATERNITY SERVICES. Under the Borough scheme approved by the Minister of Health 59 cases were admitted to the maternity block at the St, Annas War Memorial Hospital, and 27 cases to the maternity ward at Lytham Hospital, making a total of 86 cases for the Borough. It is interesting to compare the number of confinements occurring in hospitals, nursing homes, and private houses. For this purpose, the number for the whole of 1948 has been taken. Total births 413 Infants born in hospitals 375 nursing homes 12 ,f M private houses 26 In 1938, 83$ were born in hospitals or nursing homes and 17$ in private dwellings. In 1948, 94$ were born in hospitals or nursing homes and only 6$ in private dwellings. ANTE-NATAL CLINICS. An ante-natal clinic was held once a month at each hospital at which cases referred to the consulting obstetrician by private practitioners were seen, and 854 attendances were mode. This is in addition to the weekly ante-natal clinics held by the maternity sisters at each hospital.