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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 20
DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES EMPLOYED BY THE AUTHORITY 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 mid-wives 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" | ||||
| 1960 | 4 | 4 | — | 16 | — | 218 | — | 20 | 114 |
| 1961 | 4 | 4 | — | 98 | — | 198 | — | 47 | 87 |
During the two years the only midwives practising in the area were those employed by the local
Health Authority.
Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned by a midwife under section 14(1) of the Midwives Act, 1951:-
| 1960 | 1961 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) for domiciliary cases | |||
| (i) where the medical practitioner had arranged to provide the patient with maternity medical services under the N.H.S. Act | 48 | — | |
| (ii) others | 18 | — | |
| Total | 66 | — | |
| (b) Number of cases delivered in institutions but attended by domiciliary midwives on discharge from institutions and befora the fourteenth day in 1960 and before the tenth day in 1961 | 39 | 70 | |