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The Watling and Willesden Training School for Second-period Pupil Midwives.—During the year
37 pupil midwives worked on the district.
Of the 745 confinements dealt with by the Municipal Midwives, the pupil midwives attended 553 under the
direct or indirect supervision of the midwives. The pupil midwives took responsibility for the ante-natal care,
attended and took responsibility for the labours and nursed the mothers and their babies during the 14 days
immediately following labour.
In addition to the work shown above in respect of the Municipal Midwives' cases in Willesden, the pupil
midwives attended :—
Ante-Natal Clinics 69
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics for mothers and babies 75
The Lecture Courses.
A Discussion Class, each week, taken by the Supervisor of Midwives at the Health
Department.
Of the 37 pupil midwives, 21 sat for their final midwifery examination, 19 passed, 2 failed, but passed at a
subsequent examination.
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
for the
YEAR 1946
on
DENTAL WORK in connection with SCHOOL CHILDREN, EXPECTANT
and NURSING MOTHERS and CHILDREN under 5 years.
By E. A. JENNINGS, L.D.S., R.C.S.Eng.
The curtailment of the service which occurred at the Stonebridge Health Centre during the war ended in
January, when the second dental surgery was refitted with its original equipment and a temporary whole-time officer
appointed.
The Borough's dental staff has now returned to its pre-war complement of four dental officers assisted by
four nurses and a part-time anaesthetist. This small staff has to endeavour to cope with the dental needs of the
present school population of approximately 19,800, in addition to the inspection and treatment of some 1,400
maternity and child welfare cases. The full requirements of the Borough for a complete school and maternity
dental service cannot be satisfied without further clinic accommodation, with an operating staff of eleven dental officers.
THE YEAR'S WORK.
The total working sessions amounted to 2,050, which were utilised as follows :
Treatment sessions at the Centres 1,854
Routine inspection sessions 181
Total number of administrative sessions 15
2,050
Sessions attended by the anaesthetist totalled 184, when 3,584 general anaesthetics were administered, making
an average of 19.5 cases per session.