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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 36.—Home Nursing
1969 | 1968 | |
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Total number of persons nursed during the year | 3,319 | 3,217 |
Number of persons who were aged under 5 at first visit in year | 196 | 207 |
Number of persons who were aged 65 or over at first visit in year | 2,264 | 2,097 |
Table 37.—Domiciliary Midwifery
Domiciliary Midwives employed by | Administrative and Supervisory Staff | District Nurses/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 | — | 3 | 0.35 | — | 3 | 2.5 |
Hospital Management Committee or Board of Governors | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
Number of Midwives approved as teachers included in above
OTHER MIDWIVES (not included in Table above)
Number practising in the City Council's area (excluding those in N.H.S. Hospitals) 34
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
Wholly on the district
Number in training at end of year Partly on the district
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 | |
1969 4 | 54 | 58 | 216 |
1968 2 | 102 | 104 | 226 |