[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 64

London County Council 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Some of the notices were for assistance for more than one condition. The following is a summary of the conditions for which aid was summoned:—

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Some of the notices were for assistance for more than one condition. The following is a summary of the conditions for which aid was summoned:—

	(1)	(2)
	Number of calls for medical aid for conditions as indicated	Col. (1) expressed as a percentage of the 13,564 midwifery cases attended during the year by domiciliary midwives and midwives in small institutions
(i) Conditions of pregnancy	1,533	11.30%
(ii) Conditions during and immediately following labour	2,853	21.03%
(iii) Conditions during puerperium	814	6.00%
(iv) Conditions of the child	1,628	12.00%

Table: Fees paid under the Midwives Acts to medical practitioners called in by mid-wives in emergency were as follow:—

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Fees paid under the Midwives Acts to medical practitioners called in by mid-wives in emergency were as follow:—

	1948	1949	1950	1951
No. of claims	6,354	5,368	4,216	3,932
Amount	£15,594	£15,829	£12,682	£12,042

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The continued reduction in the number of claims received during the year may
be attributed to the effect of the maternity medical services provided under the
National Health Service Act, 1946, and, to a small degree, to a slight decline in the
birth rate.
Maternity
medical
service
At the end of the year there were 501 (compared with 570 at the end of 1950)
general practitioner obstetricians on the list of the London Executive Council. The
clerk of that council has kindly provided the following details of claims received from
doctors during the year 1951 for maternity medical services. The figures quoted do
not represent the total number of cases attended during the year as there is no time
limit for the submission of claims for fees on maternity medical services and some
claims were therefore received too late for inclusion in these figures.

Table: Maternity Medical Services

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Maternity Medical Services

Service provided	Quarter	Claims from general practitioner obstetricians			Claims from genoral medical practitioners			Totals
Full		1949	1950	1951	1949	1950	1951	1949	1950	1951
	March	482	671	612	89	100	99	571	771	711
	June	428	573	553	73	93	85	501	666	638
	September	582	649	493	72	92	44	654	741	537
	December	990	587	603	51	73	52	1,041	660	655
		2,482	2,480	2,261	285	358	280	2,767	2,838	2,541
Partial	March	203	513	621	201	305	410	404	818	1,031
	June	500	670	622	243	322	400	743	992	1,022
	September	700	756	550	259	366	320	959	1,122	870
	December	745	406	782	448	227	500	1,193	633	1,282
		2,148	2,345	2,575	1,151	1,220	1,630	3,299	3,565	4,205
Emergency	March	5	31	28	1	19	24	6	50	52
	June	14	17	35	2	22	19	6	39	54
	September	24	20	37	2	6	22	16	26	59
	December	45	17	28	5	10	31	50	27	59
		88	85	128	10	57	96	98	142	224

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London County Council 1951

Table: Some of the notices were for assistance for more than one condition. The following is a summary of the conditions for which aid was summoned:—

Table: Fees paid under the Midwives Acts to medical practitioners called in by mid-wives in emergency were as follow:—

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Table: Maternity Medical Services