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The domiciliary midwives continued attending their mothers
in the Rush Green General Practitioner Unit and in Harold Wood
General Practitioner Maternity Unit
The percentage of hospital births for 1972 was 95.0%, an
increase of 5.7% over 1971
The number of domiciliary confinements decreased from
558 in 1970, 414 in 1971, to 172 in 1972.
The number of patients delivered in hospital but discharged
before the tenth day into care of the domiciliary midwife increased
from 3249 to 3,266, added to which 277 babies were
delivered by the domiciliary midwives in the hospital general
practitioner units. This shows the continued trend for the domiciliary
midwife to conduct less deliveries in the patient's home but
to go with the mother into the hospital general practitioner unit,
deliver her baby and return to care for the mother and child in
their own home shortly afterwards This ensures the availability
of the best conditions for the delivery but with the continuity of
of care which is so essential,
During the year 20 pupil midwives completed their second
part district training under the direction of approved teaching
midwives, In addition 24 students undertaking obstetric training
at Rush Green Hospital spent a day with a domiciliary midwife
accompanying heron hervisitsand attendingageneral practitioner
antenatal clinic
Family Planning
The family planning services within the Borough were
further extended during 1972 The service provided bytheCouncil
was increased to 8 clinics within the Borough and the Family
Planning Agency Scheme No 5 was implemented which entitled
Havering residents to free consultation, advice and supplies
when family planning was required for medical reasons, and free
consultations in non-medical cases
The F.P.A. continued to provide a full family planning
service in their Romford premises provided for their use by
Havering Council and the additional evening clinic in South
Hornchurch has become quite a busy session
A family planning clinicwas started in 1972 at Rush Green
Maternity Unit This service for hospital patients is provided by
the National Health Service but is staffed by a family planning
trained doctor and nurse from our staff
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