[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough.

  • Stretford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION 23 — MIDWIFERY The domiciliary midwifery scheme provides for the employ¬ ment of whole-time midwives who attend the confinements of patients in their own homes. Maternity outfits are supplied free to such patients. The staff establishment is for seven domiciliary midwives. An appointment was made in July 1965, and there were seven midwives employed by the authority at the end of the year. In addition to the Midwives employed by the Local Health Authority, there were 13 Midwives on the staff at Stretford Memorial Hospital at 31st December, 1965. Cases attended by all Midwives in the Borough during the year 1965 Confinements Cases in which analgesics were given (a) Local Health Authority Midwives . 219 186 (b) Hospital Services . 631 582 Total. 850 768 Proportion of births in the Borough attended by Local Health Authority Midwives during the year 1965 (a) Total number of live and still births occurring in the Borough . 851 (b) Total number of live and still births belonging to the Borough . 1,219 (c) Number of (a) which were domiciliary 220 (d) Number of (c) which were attended by L.H.A. Midwives ... ... ... ... 220 (e) Percentage of (d) to (a). 26 % (f) Percentage of (d) to (b). 18% (g) Percentage of (d) to (c). 100%