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the number of these deaths, but this service has not
been put into operation, as stated in another section
of this Report.
(c) Midwifery.—The Council has been the Local
Supervising Authority for Midwives since the 1st
April, 1935-
Forty-six midwives notified the Local Supervising
Authority of their intention to practise or that they had
practised within the Borough during the period 1st
January, 1938, to the 31st December, 1938, and the
number who were engaged in practice in the Borough
at the end of the year was as follows:—
At Upney Hospital 6
Municipal District Midwives 5
At the District Nurses' Home of the
Plaistow Maternity Hospital 3
At the Salvation Army District Nurses'
Home 3
In private practice 3
The number of visits of inspection paid by the
Inspector of Midwives was 53.
The following is a summary of notifications received
from midwives :—
Medical Help 201
Deaths of Mother or Child 1
Laying out the Dead 8
Still-births 12
Liability to be a source of Infection 12
Artificial Feeding 11
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