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Dr. Sheppard has acted as Inspector of Midwives and has
carried out the routine quarterly inspections, the results of which
have been satisfactory. Additional inspections in respect of
emergencies such as Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Puerperal Fever
and Pyrexia, and Maternal Mortality, have been made by your
Medical Officer of Health.
Non-medical supervision of Municipal Midwives has been
carried out by the Assistant Matron at the Maternity Hospital.
The following table shows the work done by midwives
(including those employed at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital)
during 1938: —
No. of confinements attended as a Midwife 1292
,, ,, ,, Maternity Nurse 302
,, medical aid notices sent 519
,, notifications of deaths 7
,, twin births notified 16
,, stillbirths notified 25
,, notifications of liability to be a source of infection 17
,, ,, ,, laying out of a dead body 1
,, ,, ,, artificial feeding 7
,, ,, ,, disinfection 17
The above table includes the following numbers with regard to
work done at Thorpe Coombe:—
Midwifery cases, 571.
Maternity cases, 121.
Medical Aid Notices, 322
The percentages of medical aid notices were:—
Total, 39.0. Maternity Hospital, 56.4. Domiciliary midwives,
27.3.
The conditions for which medical aid was summoned by midwives
in domiciliary practice have been summarised and were as
follows:—
For complications during pregnancy:—
Albuminuria 12 Threatened abortion.. 1
Varicose veins 7 Miscarriage 1
Abortion 1 Other conditions 10
Total 32