Delivered at Home is a study of the work and life of District Midwives from 1948 to 1972 in the City of Nottingham, which was one of the last cities to build a central maternity unit. The author statistically examines the outcome of home births in this area, taking into account the Parliamentary Reports of 1992 and 1993 and demonstrates the safety and value of the work of district midwives to society. The conclusions drawn from this unique history of the work and life of the district midwife, in the light of the current emphasis on community care, is of urgent contemporary interest to midwives, sociologist, social scientists and obstetricians.