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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
Tottenham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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MIDWIFERY SERVICE: MIDWIVES ACT, 1936.
During 1940 the Municipal Midwifery Service consolidated its position as an integral part of the Maternity and Child welfare Service. Many of our Municipal Midwives accompanied expectant mothers to their destinations in reception areas and several were loaned to Maternity Homes at which the mothers wrare confined. During the intensive night bombing in the latter part of the year, the midwives showed great devotion to duty under extremely difficult conditions:-
| Record of Work. | By Municipal Midwives. | By the Maternity Nursing Association. | By the District Nursing Association. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deliveries. | 666 | 81 | 5 | 755 |
| Number of cases attended as Maternity Nurse | 79 | 14 | - | 93 |
| Primipara | 241 | 34 | 1 | |
| Multipara | 504 | 64 | 4 | 572 |
| Number of ante-natal visits | 1540) | 297) | 40) | |
| Number of nursings. | 11428) | 2360) | 86) | 13874) |
| Total home visits. | 12968 | 2657 | 126 | 15751 |
| Number of deaths of mothers - at home | - | - | - | - |
| Patients admitted to hospitals | - | - | ||
| (a) during pregnancy | 42 | 1 | - | 43 |
| (b) during labour | 6 | 1 | - | 7 |
| (c) during puerperium. | 11 | 1 | - | |
| Ante Natal Clinics: attendances | included in clinic figures. | 805 | 17 | 822 |