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 East Ham]
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ALDERSBROOK MATERNITY HOSPITAL. STATISTICS 1950.
Number of beds on 31/12/50 | 20 |
" " midwives employed on 31/12/50. | 7 |
" " East Ham patients confined during the period 1/1/50 to 31/12/50:- | |
(a) midwifery 391 ) | 394 |
(b) maternity nursing 3 ) | |
" " midwives qualified on 31/12/50 to administer gas and air analgesia | 6 |
" " sets of apparatus of gas and air analgesia in use On 31/12/50. | 2 |
" " East Ham patients to whom gas and air analgesia was administered by midwives during the period 1/1/50 to 31/12/50 | |
(a) when acting as a midwife 386 ) | 389 |
(b) " " " " maternity nurse 3 ) | |
" " occasions, medical aid sought by midwives under section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918 | 25 |
" " sets of twins born during the year | 7 |
" " still births during the year | 5 |
" " infant deaths " " " | 3 |
" " instrumental deliveries during the year | 3 |
8 | |
" " premature Infants born during the year | 20 |
/ East Ham Memorial Hospital. (Local residents)
Aldersbrook. Maternity Hospital, figures not included in above table.
Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year
under Section 14 (1) of the Midlives Act, 1918, by a midwife
(a) for domiciliary cases-
(i) where the medical practitioner had arranged to
provide the patient with maternity medical
services under the N.H.S. Act. 11
(ii) others 146
Total 157
(b) for cases in institutions 78+
+ East Ham Memorial Hospital.