London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
The work of supervision of foster mothers, carried out by the Health Visitors who have all been appointed Child Protection Visitors, is summarized in the following table :—
| (Number of fostermothers having care of the above children, 54). Number of children registered during the year | 30 |
| Number of children removed from register during year | 30 |
| Number of children on register at end of year (Number of fostermothers having care of the above children, 68). | 85 |
| Number of visits made by Health Visitors | 352 |
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
At the end of the year, 11 midwives were employed by the
Council in connection with the domiciliary midwifery service.
The cases attended by the midwives were as follows :
Number of Confinements attended :—
(a) as midwife 623
(b) as maternity nurse 127
750
SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES.
Number of midwives practising in area at end of year :—
Midwives in service of Council 11
,, at Perivale Maternity Hospital 12
,, in independent practice 6
„ in private nursing homes 7
All of these midwives possessed the certificate of the Central
Midwives Board.
Number of births attended by midwives :—
When acting in the capacity of midwife :
(d) In private Nursing Homes 100
(b) At the patient's home 672
When acting in the capacity of maternity nurse (a doctor
being in attendance) :
(a) In private Nursing Homes 190
(b) At the patient's home 168