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 East Ham]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Domiciliary Midwives. | Midwives in Institutions. | Totals. | ||
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Total number of Midwives practising at the end of the year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority;- | ||||
(a) Employed by the Local Supervising | 3 | - | 3 | |
(b) Normally employed by other Local Supervising Authorities but tem-porarily working in the area | - | - | ||
(c) Employed by other Welfare Councils: | ||||
(i) Under arrangements made with the Local Supervising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936 | - | - | ||
(ii) Other | - | - | ||
(d) Employed by Voluntary Associations:- | ||||
(i) Under arrangements made with the Local Supervising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936 | 16 | - | 16 | |
(ii) Others | - | 5 | 5* \ | |
(e) In perivate practice | 4 | 4 | ||
Totals: | 23 | 5 | 28 | |
* Employed by Voluntary Hospital (East Ham Memorial) | ||||
Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising Authority attended during the year by Midwives:- | ||||
(a) Employed by theCouncil. | As Midwives | 225 | - | 225 |
As Maternity Nurses. | 34 | 34 | ||
(b) Normally employed by other Local Supervisory Authorities but temporarily wo rising in the area. | As Midwives | - | - | - |
As Maternity Nurses. | - | |||
(c) Employed by other Welfare Councils: | ||||
(i) Under arrange ments made with the Local Supervisory Authority In pursuance of Sec. l of the Midwives Act 1936. | As Midwives. | - | - | - |
As Maternity Nurses. | - | - | - | |
(ii) Others | As Midwives. | — | - | - |
) As Maternity Nurses. | - | — |
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