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City of Westminster 1938

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

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Table: Table XLVII. Attendances by midwives at ante-natal and other clinics:-

Table XLVII. Attendances by midwives at ante-natal and other clinics:-

1935.1936.1937.1938.
Ebury Bridge50515150
Bessborough Street49504951
Marshall Street--823
Total99101108124

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Table XLVIII.—Westminster Health Society, Midwifery and
Nursing Visits
The Westminster Health Society provides midwifery services in St.
Margaret and St. John Wards, the western boundary of its area being
Vauxhall Bridge Road. The following table gives figures relating to
the work performed in this area during the year:—
St. Margaret
and St. John
Number of— Wards, 1938.
Pre-natal visits 296
Lying-in visits 1,347
Subsequent visits 103
Total number of visits 1,746
Number of cases attended 58
Consultant Services for Complicated Cases of Midwifery.—The Council
has provided through the consulting staff of Westminster Hospital the
services by day and by night at the patient's home of an obstetrician of
consulting status. Those services are for necessitous cases, that is to say,
those who cannot ordinarily afford the services of a specialist. Any
medical practitioner, in doubt or difficulty, by telephoning to the hospital
(special telephone Victoria 8161, Ext. 35) can have such skilled assistance,
which is also available to all midwives practising in Westminster who
may require it. These services were utilized on nine separate occasions
during the year.
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