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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TABLE 23 MATERNITY CASES ATTENDED
Number of maternity cases in the area attended by Midwives during the year ended 31/12/51 | ||||||
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Domiciliary Cases | Cases in Institutions | Total | ||||
As Mid-wives | As Maternity Nurses | As Mid-wives | As Maternity torses | As Mid-wives | As Maternity Nurses | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Midwives employed by the Authority | 208 | 18 | - | - | 208 | 18 |
Midwives employed by Voluntary Organisations :- | ||||||
(a) under arrangements with Council in pursuance of Section 23 of the N.H.S. Act | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
(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 | 139 | 55 | 297 + | 61 + | 436 | 116 |
Midwives in private practice | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
No. of cases in cols. 3 or 4 attended by Domiciliary Midwives after discharge from hospital and before the fourteenth day. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Totals | 354 | 76 | 297 | 61 | 651 | 137 |
+ East Ham Memorial Hospital.
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 Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife:-
(a) for domiciliary cases -
(i) where the medical practitioner has arranged to provide the
patient with maternity medical services under the N.H.S. Act 11
(ii) others 107
Total 118
(b) for cases in institutions 96
+ East Ham Memorial Hospital.