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Number of births attended by midwives :—
When acting in the capacity of midwife :
(a). In Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital 499
(b) In private Nursing Homes 62
(c) At the patient's home 364
When acting in the capacity of maternity nurse
(a doctor being in attendance) :
(а) In private Nursing Homes 190
(б) At the patient's home 121
Notifications.—The number of notifications received from
midwives, in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives
Board, was as follows :—
Notifications of :
Sending for medical assistance :
On account of a complication of pregnancy 36
On account of a complication during labour 91
On account of a complication during the
puerperium 9
On account of the health of the child 23
Still-birth 11
Death—Infant 4
Laying out of a Dead Body 2
Artificial Feeding of Infant 11
Liability of Midwife to be a source of Infection 2
Total 189
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Among the 23 notifications of
sending for medical assistance on account of the health of the
child were included nine on account of inflammation of, or discharge
from, the eyes. In three of these cases the medical practitioner
called in by the midwife notified the case as ophthalmia neonatorum.
Visits to Midwives.—The Assistant Medical Officer who is
the Inspector of Midwives visits the midwives resident in the
Borough who are engaged in district midwifery. During the year