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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hendon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: NUMBER OP CASES ATTENDED.Number of cases in the area of Hendon Borough attended during the year by midwives:—

NUMBER OP CASES ATTENDED.

Number of cases in the area of Hendon Borough attended during the year by midwives:—

(a) Employed by Hendon Borough Council:—
as midwives98
as maternity nurses35
(b) Employed by other Welfare CouncilsNone
(c) Employed by Voluntary Associations:—
1. under arrangements made with the Hendon Borough Council in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936: as midwives140
as maternity nurses21
2. others:
as midwives45
as maternity nurses39
(d) In private practice:—
as midwives70
as maternity nurses37
(e) In nursing-homes:—
as midwives4
as maternity nurses362
Totals:—
as midwives357
as maternity nurses494

Table: MEDICAL AID.Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife:—

MEDICAL AID.

Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife:—

1. for domiciliary cases 136
2. for eases in institutions—
Total 136