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East Ham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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TABLE 17—continued.

3. Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife
(i) engaged in domiciliary practice—172.Total172
(ii) in institutional practice—

Number of women sent by Council per the Ante-Natal
Clinics, to Forest Gate Hospital, for confinement—229,
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers and
Homeless Children.
Already detailed in report for 1930.
Child Life Protection.
(Sections 206 to 220 of the Public Health Act, 1936).
(a) Number of persons who were receiving children for reward at
the end of the year—21.
(b) Number of children:
(i) at the end of the year—27.
(ii) who died during the year—1.
(iii) on whom inquests were held during the year—Nil.
(c) Number of Child Protection Visitors at the end of the year who
were:
(i) Health Visitors—7.
(ii) Female, other than Health Visitors—Nil.
(iii) Male—Nil.
(d) Number of persons (in addition to or in lieu of Visitors under
(c) above) or societies authorised to visit under the proviso
to Section 2 (2) of the Children Act, 1908, the proviso to
Section 209 (2) of the Public Health Act, 1936.—Nil.
(e) Proceedings taken during the year:
No. of Cases. Act and Section under which
proceedings were taken
NIL.
(f) Number of cases in which the local authority has given a sanction
during the year:
(i) under (a) of Section 3 of the Children Act, 1908,
Section 210 of the Public Health Act, 1936 Nil.
(ii) under (b) „ „ „ Nil.
(iii) under (c) „ „ „ Nil.
(g) Number of orders obtained during the year under Section 67 of
the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932, Section 212 of
the Public Health Act, 1936:
(i) from a court of summary jurisdiction—Nil.
(ii) from a single justice—Nil.