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East Ham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SECTION 23 - MIDWIFERY SERVICE,
Under their supervisor, Miss Pilkington, the domiciliary midwives
employed by the Council now constitute a strong team whose work reaches a
high level of efficiency. There is some evidence that this service will
be Increasingly used by the mothers in the years to come and should again
play a more important role in re-establishing the home and family life as
the centre of community well-being.
TABLE 22 MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 - 1951
| Number of midwives practising in the area at 31st December, 1951. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Midwives | Midwives in Institutions | Total | |
| Midwives employed by the Council | 4 | - | 4 |
| Midwives employed by Voluntary Organisations -(a) Under arrangements made with the L.H.A. in pursuance of Section 23 of the N.H.S. ACt | 2 | - | 2 |
| (b) Otherwise (Including hospitals not transferred to the Minister under the N.H.S. Act) | _ | - | - |
| Midwives employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards of Governors under the N.H.S. Act | 3 | 5 + | 8 |
| Midwives in private practice | 2 | - | 2 |
| Totals | 11 | 5 | 16 |
Notes :- Figures for Aldersbrook Maternity Hospital have not been
included in the above table.
+ These midwives are employed at East Ham Memorial Hospital.
The 2 midwives in (a) above carry out part-time Midwifery
service in the North Woolwich area and are employed by the
Silvertown and North Woolwich District Nursing Association.
The 3 Domiciliary Midwives employed by the Hospital Management
Committee are from the Plaistow Maternity Hospital
and District Nurses Home. (local branch - Burges Road).