[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough.
- Gillingham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The attendances, etc., were as Balmoral follows Gardens Rainham Total Total New cases, post-natal Centre. Centre. 1941. 1940. included 386 53 439 381 Attendances ... 1,024 133 1,157 942 Ante=natal and Post=natal Examinations by Private Practitioners : Three hundred and sixty-four individual mothers received examination during the year. The following is a summary of the examinations made :— Number of first ante-natal examinations ... 256 Number of second ante-natal examinations ... 173 Number of post-natal examinations ... ... 146 Total ... 575 Institutional Midwifery: Twenty-six civilians were admitted to the Naval ]\Iaternity Home, and 97 to the County Hospital, Chatham. Supervision of Midwives: The Corporation is the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives’ Act, 1902-1936. Eleven midwives gave notice of their intention to practise during the year. The following return was made to the Ministry of Health :— Domicil’ y Alidwives Mid wives in Inst’ns Totals Total number of midwives practis- ing at the end of the year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority :—- (a) Employed by the I>ocal vSuper- vising Authorit}^ 5 — 5* (b) Employed by Voluntary Assoc- iations :— — 5 5 (c) In private practice I — I 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29255417_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
