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Enfield 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: The following table shows the cases attended during 1941 and 1940.

The following table shows the cases attended during 1941 and 1940.

1941.1940.
MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES.
Cases attended as Midwives610661
Cases attended as Maternity Nurses177230
PRIVATE MIDWIVES
Cases attended as Midwives2332
C.ises attended as Maternity Nurses151

Table: NOTIFICATIONS.In accordance with the rules of the Central Midwives Board, the following notifications were received from Midwives :—

NOTIFICATIONS.

In accordance with the rules of the Central Midwives Board, the following notifications were received from Midwives :—

19411940
Sending for Medical Aid169173
Still Births15
Laying out of the Dead1
Artificial Feeding52
Liability to be a source of infection65

Table: The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be classified as follows :—

The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be classified as follows :—

During Pregnancy11
During Labour112
During Lying-in Period14
Infant32

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HELP WITH COST OF MIDWIVES FEE.
During the year 83 cases were helped with the cost of their
Midwife's fee, compared with 75 in 1940.
OBSTETRIC SPECIALIST.
In two cases the Obstetric Specialist at the North Middlesex
County Hospital was called in by Enfield Practitioners, for assistance
in difficult midwifery cases.
HOME HELPS.
During the year Home Helps were supplied in 46 cases.