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Midwifery Service
The midwifery service has continued to be handicapped by a shortage of
Midwives during the year, although an increased number of patients have been
dealt with.
Although many more patients are being delivered in hospital these days,
they still have to be cared for until their tenth day by the domiciliary midwife.
There seems to be a sad lack of midwives wanting to make domiciliary
midwifery their vocation in this modern age. We were fortunate to obtain the
services of one Midwife particularly to care for early discharges from hospital.
She commences duty in the New Year and will be of great value.
The training of Part 2 Pupil Midwives continues in conjunction with
Barking Hospital and the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Twenty eight
pupils have spent part of their six months' training with our Teaching Midwives
during the year. With the advent of the large new Maternity Wing at Rush Green
Hospital next year, there will perhaps in future be more pupils training in the
Borough.

Care of the Unmarried Mother
The Chelmsford Diocesan Moral Welfare Association, acting on behalf of
the Council, arranged for the comprehensive care and confinement of 17 cases.
In addition 46 cases who made their own arrangements for confinement were
advised and assisted by the Association.
Infant Welfare Centres