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City of Westminster 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table VI. Attendances by midwife at ante-natal and other clinics:—

Table VI.

Attendances by midwife at ante-natal and other clinics:—

192619271928192919301931
Westbourne St. and Ebury Bge.433940433651
15, Bessborough Street878286979349
Total130121126140129100

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The Westminster Health Society provide midwifery services in St.
Margaret and St. John Wards, the western boundary being Vauxhall
Bridge Road. The following table gives figures relating to the work
performed in this area during the year:—

Table: Table VII.

Table VII.

Number of cases attended—
St. Margaret and St. John Wards.
As midwife36
With hospital students8
With private doctors5
49
Midwifery visits907
Nursing visits99
1,006

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There is a tendency for women from other districts to come into
Westminster institutions for their confinements. The hospital beds
available are as follows :—Charing Cross, 15 ; St. George's, 11 ; Westminster,
15; St. Stephen's, 28. 921 women from other districts were
confined in Westminster and 425 women belonging to the City were
delivered in the hospitals mentioned—the number in St. Stephen's alone
being 221.
The number of children born to Westminster parents in institutions
outside the City numbered 513.
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