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East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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43.
Two of our midwives are approved by the Central Midwives Board as Midwife Teachers (in possession
or the required diploma) and the pupils carry out the whole or their Part II training on the district
In East Ham, covering a period or six months.
In both years gas and air analgesia was administered on 195 occasions and pethidine in about hair
the cases.
The work or our mldwlves is especially noteworthy as cars are not provided by the Council, but some
assistance Is arrorded In the transport or the analgesic apparatus when this can be arranged. To date
no dirricultles or delays have been experienced at the 'bridges" In the south or the borough.
The mldwlves and pupils also attend at special ante-natal clinic sessions to give the necessary care
to their expectant mothers.
TABLE 24 MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 - 1951
| Number or mldwlves practising In the area at 31st December | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Mldwlves | Mldwlves In Institutions | Total | ||||
| 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | |
| Mldwlves employed by the Council | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Mldwlves employed by Voluntary Organisations - | ||||||
| (a) Under arrangements made with the L.H.A. In pursuance or Section 23 or the N. H. S. Act | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Otherwise (Including hospitals not transTerred to the Minister under the N. H. S. Act) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mldwlves employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards or Governors under the N. H. S. Act | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Mldwlves In private practice | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 |