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Bromley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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(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 86
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the end
of the year, 1934 22
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practice during the year, 1935 28
No. of midwives removed from the local register,
having left the district 9
No. of midwives practising in the area at the end
of the year, 1935 19
Notifications Received.
Notices summoning medical aid 86
(a) Mothers 67
(b) Infants 19
Notices of Artificial Feeding 2
,, ,, Stillbirths 3
,, ,, Deaths 2
,, ,, Laying out a Dead Body 2
,, ,, Source of Infection 5
| Ruptured perineum | 32 |
| Delayed labour | 8 |
| Breast condition | 1 |
| Varicose veins and leg swellings | 6 |
| Inertia | 1 |
| Placenta, adherent | 1 |
| Abnormal presentation | 6 |
| Haemorrhage | 3 |
| Ante-natal examination | 3 |
| Rise of temperature (puerperal pyrexia) | 2 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Infants—Feeble, premature, etc. | 10 |
| Malformations | 2 |
| Cyanosis | 3 |
| Eye discharge | 4 |
| 86 |