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Child Welfare Clinics
Address Times
Abbey Parade North Circular Road, Tues-Fri. 2 4p.m,
Ealing, W. 5
Brentside, Westcott Crescent, Thurs. 2 4p.m.
Hanwell, W. 7
Cherington House, Cherington Road Mon-Tues. Thurs.
Hanwell, W. 7 2 - 4 p.m.
Greenford Green. Wadham Gardens, Tues-Wed. Fri.
Greenford 2 - 4 p.m
Islip Manor, Eastcote Lane Mon-Thurs. 2 4 p.m.
Northolt
Northolt Grange Community Centre; Tues 2-4 p.m.
Northolt
Laurel House. Windmill Road Mon-Thurs. 2-4 p.m.
Ealing, W. 5
Mattock Lane, 13 Mattock Lane. Mon-Wed. Thurs. Fri.
Ealing, W. 5 2-4 p.m.
Perivale, Horsenden Lane, Greenford Mon-Thurs 2 4p.m.
Ravenor Park, Oldfield Lane, Mon-Tues. Wed. Fri.
Greenford 2-4 p.m.
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY SERVICE
There is a staff of 12 midwives in Ealing.
There were 725 home confinements in Ealing in 1959
compared with 740 in 1958 This decrease of 15 on last
year is the first fall in home confinements since 1955.
An account of a survey of home confinements in Ealing is
given at the end of this report
All midwives are trained in the use of Trilene and
gas & air Analgesia for mothers in labour, and in the use
of small oxygen cylinders should any baby have respiratory
difficulty The number of pupil midwives who received
district training during the year was 18.
The Rota system for midwives, which was begun in
Ealing in September 1958, continued to work satisfactorily
during 1959 The long hours of duty both actual working
time and on call" time has,, throughout the country, made
the recruitment of midwives difficult The rota system is
designed to overcome this objection and give midwives the
maximum possible time when they are completely free from
responsibility The Borough has been divided up into six
areas, each of which has two midwives allocated to it,
one midwife being on duty for the whole area and her
opposite number being off duty. The rota works over two
weeks and is as follows;-