[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDWIFERY. (i) The total number of births occurring in the area during the year:— Live Births 384 Still Births 9 393 (ii) Total number of births occurring in institutions 329 (iii) Total number of births occurring at home 64 (iv) Number of births occurring at home classified to show nature of attendance at birth:— Midwives employed by Authority (including those engaged on a fce-per-case basis) Private practising Midwives. Cases dealt with under Section 22 (2) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947 : — Doctor engaged and present at confinement ... 25 Dortor engaged and not present at confinement 39 — Midwife alone (no doctor engaged) — — Other Do.miciuary Cases : — Dortor and midwife engaged — Midwife alone (no doctor engaged) — — Without doctor or midwife 64 During the year 83.9% of the confinements took place in institutions. (v) Medical Aid. (a) Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year by a midwife and a fee was payable by the Local Health Authority under Section 14 (2) of the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1951 Nil. (b) Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year by a midwife where the Medical Practitioner had agreed to provide the patient with maternity medical services under the National Health Service (i.e., cases for which no fee was payable by the Local Health Authority)