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MIDWIFERY
The work of the Council's Midwives during the year was as follows:Domiciliary
confinements attended under N.H.S. arrangements where:
(a) a doctor was not booked 23
(b) a doctor was booked 1,037
Cases delivered in hospital and other institutions but discharged and
attended before tenth day 535
Miscarriages attended 17
New cases booked 1,344
Cases on the books at the end of the year 1,297
Medical aid notices issued 40
Visits paid (as midwife):
(a) Ante-natal 7,237
(b) Nursing 17,813
(c) Other post-natal 396
Total Visits 25,446
Administration of Analgesics
Cases in which Gas and Air was administered 534
Cases in which Trilene was administered 217
Cases in which Pethidine or a related compound was administered 464
Clinic Sessions
Number of sessions attended:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 703
(b) Midwife's clinics 611
Number of ante-natal examinations by the midwife:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 4,238
(b) Midwife's clinics 5,799
Number of women attending midwife's clinics who had not previously
attended any ante-natal clinic in the current year 1,702
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