London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 25
| NUMBER OF DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY MIDWIVES IN THE AREA DURING THE YEAR | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Cases | Cases in Institutions | |||||||||||
| Doctor not booked | Doctor booked | 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 presant at time of delivery of child | |||||||||
| 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | |
| 1. Mldwlves employed by the Authority | 8 | 4 | 207 | 165 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 94 | 291 | 276 | - | - |
| 2. Mldwlves employed by Voluntary Organisations (a) Under arrangements with the Local Health Authority In pursuance of Section 23 of the National Health Service Act, 1946 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Otherwise (Including Hospitals not transferred to the Minister under the National Health Service Act) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Mldwlves employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards of Governors under the National Health Service Act | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 422 | 414 |
| 4. Mldwlves In Private Practice (Including Mldwlves employed In Nursing Homes) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 8 | 4 | 207 | 166 | 16 | 13 | 61 | 94 | 292 | 277 | 422 | 414 |