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Ealing 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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training centres and girls of sixteen are accepted for a
two years' training for the National Nursery Examination
Board's Diploma. Admission of children is restricted as a
genera] rule to those whose mothers need to go out to
work, although there are exceptions such as during a
mother's illness, or on a doctor's recommendation for the
sake of the child's health. Children under two years of
age are only admitted if the mothers are the sole supporters,
e.g, divorced, separated or unmarried, or if the
home conditions are unsatisfactory. The nurseries are
open from 7.30 a.m. to 6,0 p.m. A charge is made for this
Service on a sliding scale based on the parents income.
All applications for admission to a Day Nursery
should be made to the Area Medical Officer, Town Hall,
Ealing, W. 5.
Reprinted from The Medical Officer by kind per
mission of the Editor
THE PATTERN OF DOMICILIARY AND INSTITUTIONAL
CONFINEMENTS IN EALING, 1958
By Margaret McDonald, M B., B,S. Assistant Medical
Officer, Area No. 7. , Middlesex County Council
This survey was prompted by an increase in the demand for domiciliary midwives in Ealing, The numbers of domiciliary and institutional births and the totals in the years 1952-58 inclu sive are shown in Table I
Table I
| Year | Domiciliary Births | Institutional Births | Total Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 488 | 2,494 | |
| 1953 | 470 | 1, 987 | 2,457 |
| 1954 | 498 | 1, 860 | 2,358 |
| 1955 | 448 | 1, 921 | 2,369 |
| 1956 | 546 | 2, 026 | 2,572 |
| 1957 | 6 27 | ||
| 1958 | 740 | 1, 948 |
The Borough of Ealing has a population of
183, 000 The Area is served by the Obstetric
Departments of two general hospitals and a mater
nity hospital: the Central Middlesex has 79 mater
nity beds, the West Middlesex 80 beds, and the
Perivale Maternity Hospital 52 beds.
In 1958 there were ten domiciliary midwives
in Ealing, although this number has since been
increased to 13
The residential area consists mainly of private
houses and flats, 46,979 in number, and there are
some Council estates.' containing 6 135 houses and
flats a total of 53.114 dwellings