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MIDLIVES ACTS, 1902-1935.
No. of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1940 27
" " " " " during 1940 8
Total 35
No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1940 1
34
" " " who have left the district 11
" " " practising at the end of 1940 23
There was no change in the arrangements for the employment
or subsidy of midwives by the Council.
Non-medical supervision of Municipal Midwives has been
oarried 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 1940:-
No. of confinements attended as a Midwife 846
" " '' " " Maternity Nurse 156
medical aid notices sent 513
" " notifications of deaths 2
" " twin births notified 11
" " stillbirths notified 4
" " notifications of liability to be a source of
infection 8
" " " " laying out of a dead body -
" " " " artificial feeding 2
" " " " disinfection 9
The' above table includes the following numbers with regard
to work done at Thorpe Coombe:-
Midwifery-cases, 600.
Maternity cases, 111.
Medical Aid Notices, 377,
The percentages of Medical Aid Notices were:Maternity
Hospital, 62.8; Domiciliary Midwives 55.2; Total 60.6.
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 4 Threatened abortion -
Varicose veins - Miscarriage 2
Abortion 1 Other conditions 14
Total 21
For complications during labour:-
Delayed 1st. and 2nd. stage 9 "Ante-partum haemorrhage. 1
Perineal laceration 10 Retained placenta 4
Malpresentat ion . 4 Abdominal pain 61
Pyrexia - Total 94
Post-partum haemorrhage 5 Total 94
35.