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During the year 621 cases were attended. In 531 cases the midwives
were engaged to attend as midwives and in 90 as maternity nurses. The
patients resided in the following wards:-
Barkingside 44; North Hainault 51; Cranbrook 38; Park 55; Seven
Kings 57; South Hainault 50; Loxford 67; Clementswood 51;
Goodmayes 14; Fairlop 80; Clayhall 66; Mayfield 48.
4,523 ante-natal visits were made during the year.
A Doctor was called in to 129 of the 531 cases in which a midwife
had been engaged.
Of the infants born there were 9 stillbirths ascribed to the following
causes:—
Mother had fall 1
Prolapse of cord 1
Umbilical cord round neck 1
Unknown 6
In one of these cases the midwife was engaged as a maternity nurse
only.
There were 13 deaths of infants during the first year of life from the
following causes:—
Acute suppurative broncho-pneumonia 1
Asphyxia 1
Atelectasis 1
Broncho-pneumonia 1
Broncho-pneumonia associated with atelectasis 1
Broncho-pneumonia associated with icterus gravis
neonatorum 1
Congenital heart disease 3
Congenital hydrocephalus 1
Imperforate anus 1
Prematurity 1
Toxaemia 1
In 2 of these cases the midwife was engaged as a maternity nurse only.
Notices were received from the Domiciliary Midwives stating that
artificial feeding had been substituted in respect of 29 infants attended by
them during 1950.
Salvation Army Midwifery Service.—75 cases were attended by the
Salvation Army Midwives during the year, 68 as a midwife and 7 as a
maternity nurse.
A Doctor was called in to 17 of the 68 cases in which a midwife
had been engaged.
There were no deaths of infants during the first year of life.
Notifications were received from the Salvation Army Midwives that
it was proposed to substitute artificial feeding in respect of 3 infants.