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The maternal deaths which occurred were as follows :—
(1), (2) and (3). Puerperal sepsis, 27 years, 27 years, and
33 years of age respectively.
(4). Puerperal eclampsia, 39 years.
(5). Puerperal mania, 37 years.
(6). Rupture of ectopic gestation, 31 years.
(7). Death from anaesthesia, 30 years.
The first four cases may be considered avoidable, Nos. (5)
and (6) were presumably not preventable, while No. (7) was the
case of an extremely stout woman who succumbed on the hottest
day of the year, the extreme weather conditions adversely affecting
her. The deaths of cases Nos. (4), (5) and (6) occurred in hospitals
outside the Borough.
ADMINISTRATION OF MID WIVES' ACTS, 1902 TO 1926.
By virtue of an Order under Section 62 of the Local Government
Act, 1929, the Town Council is the local supervising authority
under the Mid wives' Acts.
During the year under review 45 midwives notified their
intention to practise within the Borough, this number including
eight midwives residing outside the district. Of the 37 midwives
residing in Ealing, 16 were engaged in private practice, 11 were
engaged in nursing homes, and ten were engaged at the Chiswick
and Ealing Maternity Hospital. All of the midwives practising
in the Borough possessed the certificate of the Central Midwives'
Board.
Number of births attended by Midwives. The returns furnished
by the midwives at the end of the year show that 992 births in
Ealing were attended by certified midwives acting in the capacity
of midwife and that 304 were attended by doctors with midwives
acting as maternity nurses. The number of births attended by
midwives acting in the capacity of midwife is equal to 53 per cent,
of all births notified, while certified midwives acted as maternity
nurses in a further 16 per cent, of cases.