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Enfield 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: The following table shows the cases attended during 1942 and 1941.

The following table shows the cases attended during 1942 and 1941.

MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES.1940.1941.
Cases attended as Midwives747610
Cases attended as Maternity Nurses240177
PRIVATE MIDWIVES.5923
Cases attended as Midwives
Cases attended as Maternity Nurses1211

Table: NOTIFICATIONS.In accordance with the rules of the Central Midwives Board, the following notifications were received from Midwives :—

NOTIFICATIONS.

In accordance with the rules of the Central Midwives Board, the following notifications were received from Midwives :—

19421941
Sending for Medical Aid222169
Still Births71
Laying out of the Dead51
Artificial Feeding15
Liability to be a source of infection66

Table: The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be classified as follows:—

The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be classified as follows:—

During Pregnancy14
During Labour141
During Lying-in Period13
Infant54

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HELP WITH COST OF MIDWIVES' FEE.
During the year 120 cases were helped with the cost of their
Midwife's fee, compared with 83 in 1941.
OBSTETRIC SPECIALIST.
In one case the Obstetric Specialist at the North Middlesex
County Hospital was called in by an Enfield Practitioner, for assistance
in a difficult midwifery case.
HOME HELPS.
During the year Home Helps were supplied in 26 cases,