Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 24
DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES-ANALGESIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF PETHIDINE
| Number of domiciliary midwives practising in the area at end of year who were qualified to administer inhalational analgesics in accordance with the requirements of the Central Midwives Board | Number of sets of apparatus for the administration of inhalational analgesics in use at end of year | Number of cases in which inhalational analgesics were administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year:- | Number of cases in which pethidine was administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year:- | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When doctor was present at time of delivery of child | When doctor was not present at time of delivery of child | When doctor was present at time of delivery of child | When doctor was not present at time of delivery of child | |||||||
| Gas and air | "Trilene" | Gas and air | "Trilene" | Gas and air | "Trilene" | |||||
| 1„ Domiciliary Midwives employed directly by the Local Health Authority | 1958 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 213 | - | 8 | 152 |
| 1959 | 4 | 4 | - | 14 | - | 189 | - | 12 | 116 | |
| 2. Domiciliary Midwives employed under Section 23 by voluntary organisations as agents of Local Health Authority | 1958 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Domiciliary Midwives employed under Section 23 by hospital authorities as agents of Local Health Authority | 1958 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Domiciliary Midwives in private practice or employed by organisations not acting as agents of Local Health Authority | 1958 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 1958 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 213 | - | 8 | 152 |
| 1959 | 4 | 4 | - | 14 | - | 189 | - | 12 | 116 | |