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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 36
| Number of Deliveries attended by Midwives in the area during the year 1954 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Cases | Cases In East Ham Memorial Hospital | |||||
| Doctor not booked | Doctor booted. | Totals | ||||
| Doctor present at time of delivery of child | Doctor not present at time of delivery of child | Doctor present at time of delivery of child (either the booked Doctor or another) | Doctor not present at time of delivery of child | |||
| (a) Midwives employed by the Authority | — | 57 | 11 | 204 | 272 | — |
| (b) Midwives employed by Voluntary Organisations:-(1) Under arrangements with the Local Health Authority In pursuance of Section 23 of the National Health Service Act, 19i+6 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| (11) Otherwise (Including Hospitals not transferred to the Minister under the National Health Service Act) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Midwives employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards of Governors under the National Health Service Act | — | 41 | 7 | — | 48 | 307 |
| (d) Midwives in Private Practice (Including Midwives employed in Nursing Homes) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | — | 101 | 19 | 204 | 324 | 307 |
1953 1954
Number of cases delivered in institutions but attended by
domiciliary midwlves on discharge from institutions and
before the fourteenth day 7 2
Breast Feeding
Number of domiciliary cases in which the Infant was wholly
breast fed at the fourteenth day 256 257