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' The books, records and equipment were in order
and the opening of another room for use as a general
district room and minor ailment centre is a great
improvement.'
" Despite every effort to replace vacancies on the staff
with ' Queens ' nurses the Committee have been unsuccessful,
and it can only be hoped that before long this state of affairs
will have improved.
" As will have been seen from the following figures the
Municipal midwifery service was heavily taxed.
" In view of this fact the Council provided a third midwife
whom we were fortunate enough to be able to supply.

MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902-1936
No. of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1947 32
during 1947 15
Total 47
No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1947 13
„ „ practising at the end of 1947 — 34
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
carried out by the Matron at the Maternity Hospital.
The following table shows the work done by Midwives (including
those employed at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital)
during 1947 :—
No. of confinements attended as a Midwife 2,091
„ „ „ „ „ Maternity Nurse 329
„ Medical Aid Notices sent 793
„ Notifications of Death —
„ Twin Births notified 33
„ Stillbirths notified 5
,, Notifications of Liability to be a Source of Infection 2
„ Notifications of Laying out a Dead Body —
„ Notifications of Artificial Feeding 7
„ Notifications of Disinfection 5