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Walthamstow district nursing association.
(In affiliation with the Queen's Institute of District Nursing)
Homes:- Central Home 17 & 19, Carisbrooke Road, E.17.
Branch Home .... 18, Lyndhurst Road, Highams Park, E.4.
The Superintendent, Miss C.A.Lee, S.R.N., S.C.M., reports
as follows:-
The year 1942 was satisfactory in spite of difficulties due
to a depleted staff.
The Inspector of the Queen's Institute reported on the efficient
work of the nurses and the high standard of the midwifery technique
Salaries of the nurses were increased by 10% in accordance with
' the wishes of the Queen's Institute.
Fifteen pupil midwives received training in District Midwifery
under the Council's training scheme.

Thanks are due for the assistance given by the Civil Defence
Nurses and Red Cross Nurses from the Technical College.
CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIANS.
The services of a Consultant Obstetrician were not required
during the year (i.e. apart from the Maternity Home).
MID IVES ACTS, 1902-1936.
No.of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1942 22
" " " " " during 1942 10
Total 32
No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1942 6
" practising at the end of 1942 26
There was no change in the arrangements for the employment
or subsidy of midwives by the Council.
Non-medical supervision of Municipal Midwives has been carried
out by the Assistant Matron at the Maternity Hospital.
The following table shows the work done by midwives (including
those employed at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital) during 1942.
No. of confinements attended as a Midwife 1215
" " " " Maternity Nurse 193
" medical aid notices sent 540
" notifications of deaths 6
" twin births notified 24
" stillbirths notified 5
" notifications of liability to be a source
of infection 7
" " " laying out of a dead body 1
" " " artificial feeding 7
" " " disinfection 7
The above table includes the following numbers with regard to
work done at Thorpe Coombe:-
Midwifery cases 606
Maternity cases 89
Medical Aid Notices 365
32.