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MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Midwives Acts, 1902 to 1936.
Eighty-two midwives notified the Local Supervising
Authority of their intention to practice within the Borough
during 1947. Four ceased practising in the Borough; so that
seventy-eight remained on the Register at the end of the year
including seven independent domiciliary.
All these were trained and held the certificate of the Central Midwives
Board.
The Rules of the Central Midwives Board lay down that the
Local Supervising Authority must be informed within 36 hours
by a midwife if she has summoned medical help during pregnancy,
in a confinement or within 14 days afterwards. The
following table gives details of the reasons for sending for
medical nid:
For Complications during Pregnancy.
Abortion 22 Other causes 32
Albuminuria 6
60
For Complications during Labour.
Breech 3 Premature Labour 3
Persist. Occipito Posterior 1 Malpresentation 4
Precipitate Labour 1 Foetal Distress 5
17
Delayed Labour.
Uterine Inertia 2 Prolonged and obstructed 70
72
Haemorrhage.
Ante-partum 6 Post-partum 12
18
Other Causes.
Adherent and Retained Torn Perineum 225
Placenta 12 Illness of Mother 2
239
For Complications during Puerperium.
Pyrexia 35 Pain in Breasts 3
Pain in Lees 13 Other causes 20
71
For Complications in regard to the Baby.
Inflammation of Eyes 44 Still Birth 4
Feebleness 8 Other causes 68
Premature Birth 10
134
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