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East Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 17
| NUMBER OF DELIVERIES ATTENIED BY MIDWIVES IN THE AREA DURING THE YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Cases | Cases in Institutions | |||||
| Doctor not booked | Doctor booked | |||||
| 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 | Totals | ||
| 1 Midwives employed by the Authority | 4 | 217 | 6 | 96 | 323 | - |
| 2 Midwives employed by Voluntary Organisations (a) Under arrangements with the Local Health Authority in pursuance of Section 2? of the National Health Service Act 1946 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - |
| (b) Otherwise (including Hospitals not transferred to the Minister under the National Health Service Act) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Midwives employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards of Governors under the National Health Service Act | - | - | - | - | = | 395 |
| 4 Midwives in Private Practice (including Midwives employed in Nursing Homes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 4 | 218 | 8 | 98 | 328 | 395 |
It will be noted that although no midwives are shown in section 2(a) of table 16 a total of 5 deliveries is shown
under this section of table 17 These deliveries were attended by midwives of the Silvertown and North Woolwich District
Nursing Association which terminated its agency agreement with the Authority and ceased to function on 1st November
1955 Since that date the Council's own midwives have attended mothers in the area formerly covered by the Association