View report page

201
For Complications during Puerperium:
Pyrexia 14 Pain in Breasts 3
Pain in Legs 1 Other causes 3
— 21
For Complications in regard to the Baby :
Inflammation of Eyes 9 Convulsions 2
Still-birth 1 Deformities 9
Feebleness 8 Skin Eruptions 4
Hemorrhage ... 1 Other causes 8
Premature Birth 4 — 46
In accordance with Rule 12a of the Central Midwives Board,
the following reasons for the discontinuance of breast feeding were
received:—
Illness of Mother .3 Mother returning to business
Weakness of Baby ... 1 life 4
Total 8
Inspection of Midwives.
Dr. Falk is the inspector of midwives; she had 1 interview
with a midwife at the Town Hall and paid 183 visits to the homes
of midwives. Of these visits 96 proved ineffective, the midwife
being out.
The cleanliness of the midwives' homes and the condition of
their bags were on the whole satisfactory. The keeping of case
records and temperature charts were not always found kept upto-date.
The Rules of the Central Midwives Board impose an
obligation on all certified midwives to take ante-natal records
or in lieu thereof to send their cases to an ante-natal clinic,
where the records may be made. Midwives have been urged to
avail themselves of these facilities and if possible to attend themselves
with their patient. When the midwife does not attend she
is informed by letter of the findings at the Clinic. The midwives
have availed themselves of the facilities offered, 191 mothers were
sent for this purpose.
Disinfection of Midwives Bags, Etc.
This is done by the Local Supervising Authority, free of
charge for any midwife asking for it. In 7 instances midwives
availed themselves of these facilities.