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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tower Hamlets 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 32
| Attendances by Midwives | Doctor | Doctor not |
|---|---|---|
| present | present | |
| Doctor not booked | ||
| Midwives of Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine | - | 4 |
| " the London Hospital | - | 1 |
| Total | - | 5 |
| Doctor booked Midwives of Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine | 8 | 100 |
| " " the London Hospital | 11 | 109 |
| Total | 19 | 209 |
| No. of planned early discharges | 67 | |
| Institutional deliveries attended by midwives on discharge before tenth day | 225 | |
| Patients receiving - Gas and air | 27 | |
| - Gas and oxygen | 83 | |
| - Trilene | 5 | |
| - Pethidine alone | 5 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/air | 2 | |
| - Pethidine with gas/oxygen | 35 | |
| - Pethidine with trilene | 1 | |
| - No analgesia | 75 | |
| Total | 233 | |