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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Section 23. MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives
| MIDWIVES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary Midwives | Home Nurse Midwives | Total | ||
| 1. | Cases attended:- | |||
| (a) No doctor booked or present at delivery | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| (b) No doctor booked but one present | – | – | – | |
| (c) Doctor booked but not present | 309 | 28 | 337 | |
| (d) Doctor booked and present | 111 | 22 | 133 | |
| 423 | 52 | 475* | ||
| 2. | Cases delivered in institution but attended by Council Midwives on discharge | 53 | 12 | 65 |
| 3. | Ante Natal Examination: | |||
| (a) Patients' Homes | 1,637 | 75 | 1,712 | |
| (b) Local Health Authority Clinics | 2,201 | 95 | 2,296 | |
| (c) General Practitioners' Clinics | 1,647 | 338 | 1,985 | |
| 5,485 | 508 | 5,993 | ||
| 4. | Lying-in visits | 4,661 | 375 | 5,036 |
* Including three cases attended outside the Borough by arrangement,
and one case confined in the Borough but normally resident outside the
County of Essex.
Administration of Trilene, and Gas and Air Analgesia
Number of patients who received analgesia 434
Percentage of district confinements 91.37
Medical Aid
Number of medical aid notices received .. 15