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SECTION 23 - MIDWIFERY SERVICE
The Metropolitan District Nursing Association continued to provide domiciliary midwifery
services in the City. No request for midwifery services within the Temples was made.
1971 1972
Home confinements attended NIL NIL
Planned early discharge from hospital 7 1
Emergency cases attended 1 NIL
The midwives continued to visit St. Bartholomew's Hospital maternity department in order
to promote closer liaison between hospital and domiciliary midwifery services and to attend
deliveries of City mothers who have been accepted for discharge home after 48 hours.
Midwives Act, 1951
The Corporation, as the supervising Authority for the City of London, received from midwives
50 (44) notifications of intention to practise during the year.
SECTION 24 - HEALTH VISITING
First visit
nECORD OF HOME VISITS 1972 this year
Children born in current year 29
Other children aged under 5 53
Persons aged 5-16, seen as health visiting, exluding those seen as part of 11
School Health Service
Persons aged 17-64, seen as health visiting 103
Persons aged 65 and over seen as health visiting 85
Households visited on account of Tuberculosis 18
Households visited on account of other infectious disease 3
Households visited for any other reason 1
TOTAL 303
Number of persons in Mentally Handicapped -
1-5 above who were: Mentally III 6
CASE CONFERENCES ATTENDED WITH: (must last 1 hour minimum)
Social Workers —
Hospital Staff -
General Practitioners 14
Any Combination of above —
Others (i.e. none of above present) 1
TOTAL 15
RE-VISITS Total
Children born in current year 117
Other Children aged under 5 61
Persons aged 5-16, seen as health visiting, not School Health Service 24
Persons aged 17-64, seen as health visiting 111
Persons aged 65 and over, seen as health visiting 421
Households visited on account of Tuberculosis 10
Households visited on account of other infectious disease 2
Households visited for any other reason -
TOTAL 746
MISCELLANEOUS VISITS
Visits to General Practitioners' Surgeries 63
Visits to other General Practitioners' Clinics 10
Visits to Hospitals 87
Ante-natal visits 21
TOTAL 181
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