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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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TABLE 23
| 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 present at time of delivery of child | |||||||||
| 1. Midwives employed by the Authority | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 |
| 4 | 1 | 200 | 191 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 84 | 303 | 292 | - | - | |
| 2. Midwives 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. Midwives employed by Hospital Management Committees or Boards of Governors under the National Health Service Act .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 365 | 92+ |
| 4. Midwives in Private Practice (Including Midwives employed in Nursing Homes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 200 | 191 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 84 | 303 | 292 | 365 | 92+ |
+ East Ham Memorial Hospital closed their Maternity Ward on 1.4.59