Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 2 Midwives—Administration of Gas and Air Analgesia
Domiciliary mid-wives employed directly by local health authority | Domiciliary mid-wives employed under Sec. 23 by voluntary organisations as agents of local health authority | Total | |
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Number of cases in which gas and air was administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year | |||
(a) When doctor was not present at delivery | 243 | - | 243 |
(b) When doctor was present at delivery | 44 | - | 44 |
Number of cases in which pethidine was administered in domiciliary practice during the year:— | |||
(a) When doctor was not present at delivery | 101 | - | 101 |
(b) When doctor was present at delivery | 16 | 3 | 19 |
Totals : 1954 | 404 cases | 3 cases | 407 cases |
1953 | 462 | 22 | 484 |
Table 3 Domiciliary Births
Midwives employed by: | Number of domiciliary deliveries attended and visits made by midwives in the area | Institutional confinements discharged before 14th day attended by domiciliary midwives | Domiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14th day | |||||
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Dr. not booked | Dr. booked | No. of visits made | ||||||
Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | |||||
No. of cases | No. of visits | |||||||
1. County Council | 6 | 155 | 38 | 140 | 9,751 | 12 | 63 | 300 |
2. Voluntary organisations under arrangements with L.H.A. in pursuance of Section 23 | 2 | - | 17 | - | 415 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
Totals : 1954 | 358 | 10,166 | 14 | 81 | 311 | |||
1953 | 435 | 13,876 | 43 | 260 | 375 |
Table 4 Medical Aid
1954 | 1953 | |
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(a) No. of domiciliary cases in which medical aid was summoned:— | ||
(i) Where the medical practitioner had arranged to provide the patient with maternity medical services under the national health service | 55 | 55 |
(ii) Others | 35 | 39 |
(b) For cases in institutions | — | — |
Totals | 90 | 94 |