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Under Maternal Mortality I have reported on the need
for skilled attention throughout pregnancy, but no less
than 91 cases during 1933 were attended by an unskilled
person under the direction of a doctor. The balance of
574 were attended by wholly qualified persons; the
midwives attended confinements alone in 310 cases, i.e.,
40 per cent, of all births.
Midwives.
I. (a) The number of midwives practising in the area
served by the Council for maternity and child
welfare at the end of the year was 21.
(b) Number (i) employed by the Council
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council
iii) employed by Voluntary
Associations 8
(c) Number of cases during the year in which the
Council paid or contributed to the fee of
a midwife
II- (a) Number of cases attended by midwives during
the year:—
(i) as midwives 310
(ii) as maternity nurses 264
(b) Number of cases during the year in which
medical aid was summoned by a midwife
under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act,
1918 61
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the
end of 1932 19
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practise during 1933 25
No. of midwives removed from the local register
having left the district 4
No. of midwives practising in the area at the end
of 1933 21