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TABLE 21
MATERNITY CASES ATTENDED
Number of maternity cases in the area attended by
Midwives during the year ended 31/12/52.
Domiciliary
Cases
Cases In
Institutions.
Total
As
Midwives
As
Maternity
Nurses
As
Midwives
As
Maternity
Nurses
As
Midwives
As
Maternity
Nurses
Midwives employed by
the Authority
177
14
-
-
177
14
Midwives employed by
Voluntary Organisations:-
(a) under arrangements
with Council in
pursuance of
Section 23 of the
N.H.S. Act
3
-
-
-
3
-
(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
128
27
†283
†6l
411
88
Midwives in private
practice
2
-
-
-
2
-
Totals
310
41
283
61
593
102
† 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, 1951, 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 80
Total 91
(b) for cases in institutions 97+
+ East Ham Memorial Hospital.