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 Bromley]
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(b) Number (i) employed by the Council -
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council -
(iii) employed by Voluntary
Associations 7
(c) Number of cases during the year in which the
Council paid or contributed to the fee of
a midwife —
II. (a) Number of cases attended by midwives during
the year:—
(i) as midwives 276
(ii) as maternity nurses 291
(b) Number of cases during the year in which
medical aid was summoned by a midwife
under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act,
1918 48
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the
end of 1931 17
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practise during 1932 27
No. of midwives removed from the local register
having left the district 8
No. of midwives practising in the area at the
end of 1932 19
Notifications Received.
Notices calling in Medical Aid 48
Mothers 36
Infants 12
Notices of Artificial Feeding 1
,, ,, Stillbirths 9
,, ,, Deaths 2
,, ,, Laying out a Dead Body —
,, ,, Source of Infection 5