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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Domiciliary Deliveries in East Ham
Year
Delivered
at home
Doctor
booked
Doctor
present
at birth
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
328
292
277
303
292
102
76
107
99
100
6
16
13
9
16
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902-1951
| Number of midwives practising in the area at 31st December | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Midwives | Midwives in Institutions | Total | ||||
| 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | |
| Midwlves employed by the Council | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Midwives employed by Voluntary Organisations- | ||||||
| (a) Under arrangements made with the L.H.A. in pursuance of Section 23 of the N.H.S. Act | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (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 | - | - | 7 | ~+ | 7 | " + |
| Midwives in private practice | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 7 | - | 11 | 4 |
+ The Maternity Ward at East Ham Memorial Hospital was closed temporarily on 1.4.59