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"From the 1st December, 1947, to the 3rd December,
1948, 26 pupil midwives entered for their District Midwifery
training.
"Staff at the end of December, 1948, was as follows
3 Midwives.
1 Queens Nurse.
5 full-time S.R.N.
3 part-time S.R.N.
1 part-time Assistant Nurse.
7 Pupil Midwives.
"Midwifery and Maternity nursing undertaken for the
year was as follows:—
Doctors' cases 49
Midwifery cases 208
Gas and Air Analgesia administered 11
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902-1936
The County Council became the Local Supervising Authority
on July 5th, 1948.
No. of Notices of Intention to Practise, January, 1948 36
during 1948 12
Total 48
No. of Midwives ceasing to practise during 1948 13
„ „ practising at the end of 1948 35
Non-medical supervision of Midwives has been carried out by
the Matron of the Maternity Hospital.
The following table shows the work done by Midwives (including
those employed at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital)
during 1948: —
No. of confinements attended as a Midwife 1,656
„ „ „ „ „ Maternity Nurse 217
„ Medical Aid Notices sent 590
„ Notification of Death 1
„ Twin Births notified 18
„ Stillbirths notified 3
„ Notification of Liability to be a Source of Infection
„ Notification of Laying out a Dead Body -
,, Notification of Artificial Feeding 5
,, Notification of Disinfection 7