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In accordance with rule 53, of the Central Midwives Board, the
following reasons for the discontinuance of breast feeding were received
Illness of Mother 4
Insufficient Milk 21
Other causes 14
Total 39
Inspection of Midwives.
Br, Tonkin Lloyd, the Inspector of Midwives, interviewed 10 midwives
at the Town. Ball. 7 visits were paid by her to the homes of midwives.
Doctor's Accounts under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918.
241 accounts were received from doctors for services rendered under the
provisions of this Section. This compares with 33th in 1940; 424 in 1939;
388 in 1935; 234 in 1937, 268 in 1936. The total amount of the accounts
was £432*3 3,0.1, £.225.2„0d, was ultimately recovered from the patients.
In 1940 the amount paid to doctors was £528.2.0d. and in 1939 £533.4.0d.