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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

Dagenham 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned
conditions were received from midwives as under :—
Liable to be sources of infection 23
Stillbirths 13
Substitution of artificial feeding 12
Infant Deaths 10
Laying out dead bodies 1

Table: Domiciliary Midwifery Servicc.Below is a table setting forth in statistical form thework ofthe Corporation Midwives, Dagenham Nursing Association and Salvation Army Midwives for the year 1944 :—

Domiciliary Midwifery Servicc.

Below is a table setting forth in statistical form thework ofthe Corporation Midwives, Dagenham Nursing Association and Salvation Army Midwives for the year 1944 :—

Municipal Midwives.Dagenham Nursing Association.Salvation Army Nurses.
Births Attended:
As Midwife505361145
As Maternity Nurse121749
Miscarriages Attended251813
Visits Paid :
As Midwife9.8336,5565.459
As Maternity Nurse1,7561,438287
Ante-Natal3.5511,8371.085
Ante-Natal Clinics Attended47325795
Gas and Air Administered ..811087