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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
London County Council 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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III.—Existing salaried service of midwives. Information furnished by Metropolitan Borough
Councils.
IV.—Arrangements for nursing medical students' cases. Information furnished by Metropolitan
Borough Councils.
V.—Westminster City Council maternity scheme.
VI.—Return of whole-time salaried midwives employed by voluntary hospitals and nursing
associations. Information furnished by hospitals and associations.
VII.—Analysis of causes of 458 maternal deaths in London County Council hospitals (1931-35).
VIII.—Attendances at Metropolitan Borough Council ante-natal clinics during 1934. Information
furnished by Metropolitan Borough Councils.
IX.—" A thousand cases of abortion." Summary of article by Dr. T. N. Parish.
Births in
London in
1936.
The following statement shows the number of confinements which occurred
in London in 1936, classified under the various forms of attendance. The figures
have been arrived at as a result of an examination of statistics furnished from
various sources. The total number of confinements in London in 1936 was 64,736.
Rules of
Central
Midwives
Board.
* Estimated.
During the year the Central Midwives Board, with the consent of the Minister
of Health, has amended rule 17 (a) in section E of the Board's rules, which substitutes
"14 days" for "10 days" in the definition of the lying-in period. The
amendment came into force on 1st January, 1937.
Certified midwives to the number of 956 gave notice of intention to practise
within the county during the year, compared with 974 in 1935.
These 956 midwives fall into the following categories:—
The following is a summary of returns which have been made voluntarily by the 242 midwives in private practice in London as to the number of cases attended by them during 1936 :—
* Of whom 66 took no patients.