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cases attended the Ante-natal Clinic, otherwise provision
would have been made by the Department for their
confinements in hospital. If bad enrivonmental conditions
exist, such as one-room family, the Council have
made provision to supply maternity hospital accommodation
within the financial means of the parents, and yet
in spite of this provision the person engaged for the
confinement, whether a doctor or midwife, did not take
steps to acquaint the mother of the provision made by
the Local Authority. In other cases the parents themselves
have been neglectful, being perfectly satisfied to
run the risk of a confinement in a living room without
even the rudiments of the requirements to cope with
any emergency that might arise. While such conditions
exist in practice we must continue to run the risk of a
higher maternal mortality figure.
Midwives.
The number of midwives practising in the area
served by the Council for Maternity and Child Welfare
at the end of the year was 17. Of this number, three
are employed by the District Nursing Association, and
the remainder are in the employ of the Maternity Hospital,
nursing homes or in private practice. None are
employed or subsidised by the Council.
The number of case attended by midwives during
the year 1931: —
(1) As midwives 253
(2) As maternity nurses 305
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromlev at the
end of 1930 21
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practice during 1931
No. of midwives removed from the local register
having left the district 11
No. of midwives practising in the area at the
end of 1931 17
Notifications Received.
Notices calling in Medical Aid—Mother
Infants 15
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