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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

East Ham 1947

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

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Table: TABLE 10.

TABLE 10.

Domiciliary MidwivesMidwives in InstitutionsTotals
Total number of Midwives practising at the end of the year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority
(a) Employed by the Local Supervising Authority77114
(b) Employed by Voluntary Associations:—
(i) Under arrangements made with the Local Supervising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 193625—5
(ii) Others—8†8†
(c) In private practice1—1
Totals331548
Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising Authority attended during the year by Midwives:—
(a) Employed by the Council:—
As Midwives543408951
As Maternity Nurses492473
(b) Employed by Voluntary Associations:—
(i) Under arrangements with the Local Supervising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936:—
As Midwives403—403
As Maternity Nurses221—221
(ii) Others:—
As Midwives—358†358
As Maternity Nurses—85†85
(c) In Private Practice:— As Midwives7—7
As Maternity Nurses4—4
TOTALS:— As Midwives9537601,719
As Maternity Nurses274109383

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* Aldersbrook Maternity Hospital.
† Employed by Voluntary Hospital (East Ham Memorial).