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Bromley 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Natal Services.
Seven hundred and seventy-nine births were known to have occurred in Bromley during 1934 as follows:—
| Notified by midwives | 396 |
| Notified by doctors and parents | 367 |
| " Tin-notified " | 16 |
| 779 |
Of these cases the District Nursing Association's midwives
attended 210 confinements.
Midwives.
I. (a) The number of midwives practising in the
area served by the Local Authority for
maternity and child welfare at the end of
the year was 22
(b) Number (i) employed by the Council —
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council —
(iii) employed by Voluntary Associations
10
(c) IN umber 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 396
(ii) as maternity nurses 268
(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 97
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the end
of 1933 21
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practice during 1934 30
No. of midwives removed from the local register,
having left the district 8
No. of midwives practising in the area at the end
of 1934 22