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Walthamstow 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| No. of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1945 | 29 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, during 1945 | 13 |
| Total | 42 |
| No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1945 | 9 |
| ,, ,, practising at the end of 1945 | 33 |
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 1945:—
| No. of confinements attended as a Midwife | 1,246 |
| ,, ,, ,, Maternity Nurse | 233 |
| ,, medical aid notices sent | 356 |
| ,, notifications of deaths (all children) | 7 |
| ,, twin births notified | 21 |
| ,, stillbirths notified | 45 |
| ,, notifications of liability to be a source of infection | 2 |
| ,, ,, ,, laying out of a dead body | 1 |
| ,, ,, ,, artificial feeding | 5 |
| ,, ,, ,, disinfection | 2 |
The above table includes the following numbers with regard to work done at Thorpe Coombe :—
| Midwifery cases | . 877 |
| Maternity cases | . 118 |
| Medical aid notices | . 271 |
The percentages of Medical Aid Notices were:—
| All cases | 28.5 |
| Maternity Hospital Midwives | 30.9 |
| Domiciliary Midwives | 23.0 |
The conditions for which Medical Aid was summoned by Midwives
in domiciliary practice have been summarised and were as
follows:—