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Of the infants bom there was one stillbirth.
There were no deaths of infants where the birth had been attended
by a Salvation Army midwife.
Gas and Air Analgesia.- During 1962 gas and air analgesia was
administered in 602 cases (579 attended by the domiciliary midwives and
23 by the Salvation Army midwives).
All the domiciliary midwives employed at the end of the year were
qualified to administer gas and air analgesia and the Salvation Army midwives
were also qualified.
Arrangements continued in operation for each of the midwives using
cars in the course of their duties to hold a machine at their respective
homes to take with them to their own cases and there are also machines
stored at the Ambulance Station for the use of the remaining midwives.
With regard to the latter, the relatives of the patient are requested to
collect a machine, where possible, but when they cannot do this, arrangements
are made for a machine to be transpqrted from the Ambulance Station
to the house by a hired car, or failing this, by an ambulance vehicle.
The Salvation Army midwives also have two machines which are
kept at their Branch Home and taken or sent to the home of the patient
when required.
The service is freely available to all having home confinements,
provided there are no medical contra-indications, and each expectant
mother on booking the midwife is supplied with a leaflet explaining the
nature and the availability of the service,