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(ii) Number of cases attended by midwives 822
(a) As midwives 413
(b) As Maternity Nurses 409
(iii) Number of cases in which medical aid was
summoned by a midwife under Section.
14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918 50
(a) In domiciliary practice 49
(b) In Institutional practice 1
(iv) Number of domiciliary births during the
year in the area of the Local Supervising
Authority 304
Administration of the Midwives Acts,
1902-1936.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at
the end of the year 1937 22
No. who gave notice of intention to practice
during 1938 26
No. removed from register having left the
district during 1938 1
Cancellation of certificate under Sec. 5 of
the Midwives Act, 1936, on compensation
by the Local Authority for surrendered
certificate 1
No. of midwives registered by the Local
Supervising Authority as practising in
the area at the end of the year 1938 24
Notifications Received.
Notices summoning medical aid 50
(i) Mothers 39
(ii) Infants 11
Notices of Artificial Feeding 7
Stillbirths 3
Deaths 1
Laying out a Dead Body 1
Source of Infection 4