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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
Ealing 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Notifications.—The numbers of notifications received from
midwives, in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives
Board, were as follows:
Notifications of sending for medical assistance
On account of a complication of pregnancy 58
On account of a- complication during labour 216
On account of a complication during the
puerperium 35
On account of the health of the child 68
377
Still-Birth . 8
Death:
Of mother —
Of child 6
Laying out & a Dead Body 8
Artificial Feeding of Infant. 8
Liability of Midwife to be a source of infection 27
Payment of Medical Fees.—In respect of 384 claims by medical
practitioners for giving medical aid the Council paid £365 in fees,
£93 of this amount being recovered from the patients.
SUPERVISION OF NURSING HOMES. The following table gives information regarding nursing homes in the Borough:—
| No. of Homes | No. of Beds | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Nursing Homes on Register at beginning of year | 19 (11) | 251 (75) |
| Number of applications for transfer of registration | _ | _ |
| Number of New Homes registered | 1 | — |
| Number of Homes discontinued | 2 | — |
| Number of Nursing Homes on Register at end of year | 18 (10) | 246 (69) |
The figures in brackets indicate the number of Homes and the number
of beds wholly or partly to the reception of maternity cases.
The Medical Officer in charge of the supervision of Nursing
Homes made 37 special visits during the year.