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Domiciliary Confinements in West Ham during 1935.
Number of cases attended by midwives 2018
Number of cases attended by medical practitioners 406
Total domiciliary confinements 2424
With these figures as a basis, and accepting the recommendation
of the Ministry of Health, it will thus be necessary to secure
the whole-time employment of twenty-four certified midwives to
act either as midwives or maternity nurses in this Borough.
There are three private midwives practising in West Ham
whose work is such that there is no necessity to require them to
surrender their certificate under Section 5 of the Midwives Act,
1936. They may, therefore, continue lo practise as independent
midwives under the supervision of Dr. Helen Campbell, Inspector
of Midwives for West Ham. During 1935, 159 women were
attended in their homes by these three midwives.
Areas to be Served by these Voluntary Organisations.
The Borough has been sub-divided into five areas for the
purpose of calculating the number of midwives required from
each Association. This sub-division has been made after consideration
of the situation of the district homes and of the areas
in which their nurses already have an established practice.