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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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discharges after hospital confinement, which had been rising steadily for several
years, seem to have levelled off. A large part of the Borough was covered by
midwives directly employed by the Council, and smaller areas by the Lambeth
District Nursing Association and South London Hospital acting as the Council's
agents.
Attendance by midwives: —
| Confinements Doctor not booked | 7 |
| Doctor booked | 316 |
| Number of hospital cases discharged to midwife before tenth day | 734 |
| Medical Officers | 16 |
| Midwives | 36 |
| Sessional General Practitioners | 144 |
| Number of women attending for ante-natal examination | 460 |
| Number of women attending for post-natal examination | 18 |
| Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes Number of women attending: — | |
| (a) Hospital booked | 37 |
| (b) Domiciliary booked | 47 |
| Total | 84 |
| Total number of attendances | 207 |
MIDWIVES ACT 1951
The Council is the supervising authority for all midwives practising in the
Borough under the Midwives Act, 1951.
During the year 235 midwives notified the Council of their intention to
practise in the Borough.