Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table shows the cases attended during 1942 and 1941.
MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES. | 1940. | 1941. |
---|---|---|
610 | ||
12 | 11 |
In accordance with the rules of the Central Midwives Board, the following notifications were received from Midwives :—
1942 | 1941 | |
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Sending for Medical Aid | 169 | |
Still Births | 7 | 1 |
Laying out of the Dead | 5 | 1 |
Artificial Feeding | 1 | 5 |
Liability to be a source of infection |
The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be classified as follows:—
During Pregnancy | 14 |
During Labour | 141 |
During Lying-in Period | 13 |
Infant | 54 |
HELP WITH COST OF MIDWIVES' FEE.
During the year 120 cases were helped with the cost of their
Midwife's fee, compared with 83 in 1941.
OBSTETRIC SPECIALIST.
In one case the Obstetric Specialist at the North Middlesex
County Hospital was called in by an Enfield Practitioner, for assistance
in a difficult midwifery case.
HOME HELPS.
During the year Home Helps were supplied in 26 cases,