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City of Westminster 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 39.—Domiciliary Midwifery
| Domiciliary Midwives employed by | Administrative and Supervisory Staff | Domiciliary Midwives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole-time (1) | Part time (2) | Whole-time equivalent of (2) (3) | Whole-time (4) | Part-time (5) | Whole-time equivalent of (5) (6) | |
| City Council | — | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Hospital Management Committee or Board of Governors | 3 | — | — | |||
| Number of Midwives approved as teachers included in above | 2 | |||||
| OTHER MIDWIVES (not included in Table above) | ||||||
| Number practising in the City Council's area (excluding those in N.H.S. hospitals) | 60 | |||||
| PUPIL MIDWIVES | ||||||
| Number of pupils who have completed district training in the area during the year as part of a Part II Midwifery course | Wholly on the district Partly on the district | 8 | ||||
| Number in training at end of year | Wholly on the district Partly on the district | 2 | ||||
DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES DURING 1966
| Number of Domiciliary Confinements attended by Midwives under N.H.S. arrangements | Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by Domiciliary Midwives before tenth day (4) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor not booked (1) | Doctor booked (2) | Total (3) | |
| 6 | 198 | 204 | 372 |