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West Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Midwives.
The work of the midwives practising in the Borough is supervised
by the Senior Assistant Medical Officer for Maternity and
Child Welfare.
The total number who notified their intention to practise in the Borough in 1931 was 98, all of whom are trained midwives.
| Number of cases attended by midwives in 1931 | 2925 | |||
| Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned | 623 | |||
| Number of cases in which the midwife acted as a Maternity Nurse | 240 | |||
| Midwives practising for Associations or Privately | Number notifying intention to practise | No. of births attended | No. of Records of sending for Medical aid | |
| Plaistow Maternity Hospital (District) | 52 | 1884 | 437 | |
| Queen Mary's Hospital (District) | 7 | 129 | 0 | |
| Essex County Nursing Association | 18 | 60 | 19 | |
| Tate Nurse's Home | 6 | 104 | 15 | |
| Salvation Army Nurses | 5 | 196 | 54 | |
| Private Practice: Midwives residing in Borough— | ||||
| (a) | 1 | 90 | 31 | |
| (b) | 1 | 191 | 40 | |
| (c) | 1 | 106 | 7 | |
| (d) | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| (e) | 1 | 57 | 7 | |
| (f) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| (g) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| (h) | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Midwives residing outside the Borough— | ||||
| (a) | 1 | 95 | 10 | |
| (b) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 98 | 2925 | 623 | |
The Council of this Borough does not employ or subsidise
directly any midwife practising in the Borough. A large number
of the women, confined in their own homes, are attended by district
midwives attached to and practising' from the several training
schools for pupil midwives in the district, viz. Plaistow Maternity
Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital, and the Essex County Nursing
Association Branch in Leytonstone.
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