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[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 | ||||
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Whole-time | Part-time | Whole-time equivalent of (2) | Whole-time | Part-time | Whole-time equivalent of (5) | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
City Council | — | 2 | •4 | 4 | — | — |
Hospital Management Committee or Board of Governors | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
Number of Midwives approved as teachers included in above 1
OTHER MIDWIVES (not included in Table above)
Number practising in the City Council's area (excluding those in N.H.S. Hospitals) 46
PUPIL MIDWIVES
Number of pupils who have completed district training in the area during | Wholly on the district | |
the year as part of a Part II Midwifery course | Partly on the district | 2 |
Number in training at end of year | Wholly on the district | _ |
Partly on the district | 1 |
DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES
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 | |||
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Doctor not booked | Doctor booked | Total | ||
1968 | 2 | 55 | 57 | 226 |
1967 | 8 | 139 | 147 | 515 |