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and Mayesbrook Clinics for children under school age to
receive treatment for minor ailments, although in practice
very few so attend.
MIDWIVES.- There were 12 State certified midwives
(including the Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives, 9 domiciliary
midwives and 1 part-time midwife employed by the
County Council), resident and practising in the district at
the end of the year. In addition there were 25 State certified
midwives at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.
Supervision of the midwives practising on the district,
including regular inspections by the Medical Supervisor
of Midwives, was carried out as in previous years, and
general supervision, in accordance with the Rules of the
Central Midwives Board, was exercised over the midwives
practising at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.
Suspension from Practice.- No Midwives were suspended
from practice during the year.
Medical Aid.- Medical aid was sought in one instance
where the infant was found to have a discharging eye. The
condition of the eye cleared satisfactorily.
Domiciliary Midwifery Service.- At the end of the
year there were 9 Domiciliary Midwives employed by the
County Council whole-time and 1 part-time, in addition to
the Non-Medical Supervisor.
During the year 431 cases were attended. In 397
cases the midwives were engaged to attend as midwives and
in 34 cases as maternity nurses.
A Doctor was called in to 56 of the 397 cases in
which a midwife had been engaged.
Of the infants born there were 3 stillbirths. In 2 of
these cases the midwife was engaged as a midwife and in
the other as a maternity nurse.
One death occurred of an infant during the first year
of life where the birth had been attended by a Domiciliary
Midwife.
Notices we re received from the Domiciliary Midwives
stating that artificial feeding had been substituted in respect
of 28 infants attended by them during 1959.