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East Ham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 - 1951.
The number of midwives who notified their Intention to practise
in East Ham during the period 1,2.51 to 31.1.52, was 30 - of these 17
also indicated that they would act as Maternity Nurses. Of the 30, 12
worked in connection with the Maternity Hospital and District Nurses'
Home, Plaistow, and its branches - 2 at Sir Henry Tate Nurses' Home,
Sllvertown - 9 at East Ham Memorial Hospital - and 7 practised
Independently, including 4 Municipal Midwives, and the Supervisor of
Midwives.
PLAISTOW MATERNITY HOSPITAL AND DISTRICT NURSES' HOME.
Summary of cases, 1951:Midwifery
139 Maternity Nursing 55 Hospital 143
SILVERTOWN & NORTH WOOLWICH DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION.
Midwifery 4 Maternity Nursing 1
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES,
These are all provided by the Council. The sessions at the
Centres (as on 31.12.51) were as follows