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Ealing 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
At the end of the year, 11 midwives were employed by the
Council in connection with the domiciliary midwifery service.
The cases attended by the midwives were as follows :
Number of Confinements attended :—
(а) as midwife 548
(b) as maternity nurse 102
— 650
SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES:.
Number of midwives practising at end of year —
Midwives in service of Council 11
„ at Perivale Maternity Hospital 12
„ in independent practice 5
in private nursing homes 8
All of these midwives possessed the certificate: of the Central
Midwives Board.
Number of births attended by-midwives:—
When acting in the capacity of midwife :
(a) In private Nursing Homes 119
(b) At the patient's home 594
When acting in the capacity of maternity nurse (£a doctor
being in attendance) :
(а) In private Nursing Homes 259
(b) At the patient's home 132
SUPERVISION OF NURSING HOMES.
The following table gives information regarding' ^mrsing homes in the Borough :—
| No. of Homes | No. of Beds | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Nursing Homes on Register at beginning of year | 14 (6) | 210 (57) |
| Number of New Homes registered | 14 | |
| Number of Homes discontinued Number of Nursing Homes on Register at end | 9 | |
| of year | 14(6) | 212 (61) |
The figures in brackets indicate the number of Homes and the number
of beds wholly or partly devoted to the reception of matcrvvi&y case£.
The Medical Officer in charge of the supervision of Nursing
Homes made 26 special visits during the year.