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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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SECTION 23
MIDWIFERY
| Midwives | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County Council | Attached to the Lady Rayleigh Training Home Beachcroft Road | ||
| Cases attended:— (a) As Midwives | 78 | 170 | 248 |
| (b) As Maternity Nurses | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| Ante-natal Visits | 399 | 716 | 1,115 |
| Ante-natal Examinations | 648 | 1,104 | 1,752 |
| Post-natal Visits | 1,362 | 5,207 | 6,569 |
| Administrations of Gas and Air Analgesia | 87 | 138 | 225 |
| Administrations of Pethidine | 25 | 75 | 100 |
Administration of Gas and Air Analgesia.
The following list shows the number of domiciliary confinements
attended by midwives (not including cases attended as maternity nurses)
during the year and the number of such cases to whom gas and air analgesia
was administered:—
Cases attended as Midwives 248
Number of administrations of gas and air analgesia 225
Percentage of administrations 91.9%
Maternity Outfits.
Maternity outfits were issued to 185 expectant mothers who were
having domiciliary confinement.
Medical Aid.
Numbers of cases in which medical aid was summoned by midwives
under Section 14 of the Midwive's Act, 1951:—
(1) Where the Medical Practitioner had arranged to provide
the patient with maternity medical services under the
National Health Service 11
(2) Others 80
Total 91
Fees paid to Doctors.
57 accounts were received from general medical practitioners for
assistance rendered to midwives under the provisions of the Medical
Practitioners (Fees) Regulations. The total amount paid to medical practitioners
during the year was £160 16s. 6d.