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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
West Ham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Number of applications for Home Helps during 1930 1097
Eligible (under Council's Scale of Income) 930
Ineligible (under Council's Scale of Income) 154
Withdrawn 13
Total 1097
The Home Help Scheme now allows the employment of a
Home Help to look after the home and children of the lying-in
woman whether she is confined at home or in hospital. The value
of this service is in saving many mothers from getting up too soon
after confinement to attend to household duties ; it also ensures
that the other children of the patient are not neglected in any way
while the mother is laid up.
Midwives.
Total number who notified their intention to practicc in the Borough in 1930 was 103: all of whom are trained midwives.
| Number of cases attended by midwives in 1930 | 3107 | ||
| Number of cases in which medical help was summoned | 763 | ||
| Number of cases in which the midwife acted as a maternity nurse | 266 | ||
| Midwives practising for Associations or Privately | Number notifying intention to practise | No. of births attended | No. of Records of sending for Medical aid |
| Plaistow Maternity Charity | 46 | 2027 | 535 |
| Essex County Nursing Assn. | 25 | 73 | 24 |
| Salvation Army Nurses | 4 | 118 | 76 |
| Tate Nurses Institute | 7 | 132 | 20 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital (External) | 10 | 146 | 14 |
Private Practice:
Midwives residing within Borough—
| a | 1 | 97 | 24 |
| b | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| c | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| d | 1 | 170 | 34 |
| e | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| f | 1 | 66 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| h | 1 | 137 | 20 |