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Walthamstow 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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"Our financial outlook at the moment is black, so regretfully
the Committee of the W.D.N.A. have decided to increase
the cost of Membership for the Provident Scheme and raise
the cost of the nursing fees.
"This, by the end of 1947, should have considerably
relieved the situation."
POST-GRADUATE LECTURES TO MIDWIVES
Four lectures to midwives were given in May and June by
Dr. Alan Brews, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G. The subjects were as
follows:—
1. Toxaemias of Late Pregnancy.
2. Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage.
3. Delay in Labour.
4. Abnormalities of the Puerperium.
A total of 126 attended, including medical practitioners.
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902-1936
No. of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1946 29
„ „ „ „ during 1946 16
Total 45
No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1946 10
„ „ practising at the end of 1946 35
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) durine 1946:—
| No. of confinements attended as a Midwife | 1,910 |
| 356 | |
| ,, medical aid notices sent | 518 |
| „ notifications of deaths (all children) | 5 |
| „ twin births notified | 30 |
| ,, stillbirths notified | 12 |
| „ notifications of liability to be a source of infection | 3 |
| „ notifications of laying out of a dead body | — |
| ,, notifications of artificial feeding | 5 |
| ,, notifications of disinfection | 6 |
The above table includes the following numbers with regard to work done at Thorpe Coombe:—
| Midwifery cases | 1,084 | |
| Maternity cases | 163 | |
| Medical Aid Notices | 299 | |
| The percentage of Medical Aid Notices were:— | ||
| All cases | 27.1 | |
| Maternity Hospital Midwives | 27.6 | |
| Domiciliary Midwives | 26.5 | |