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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 10
(b) a doctor was booked 1,049
Cases delivered in hospital and other institutions but discharged and
attended before tenth day 561
Miscarriages attended 10
New cases booked 1,248
Cases on the books at the end of the year 459
Medical aid notices issued 23
Visits paid (as midwife):
(a) Ante-natal 6,799
(b) Nursing 17,062
(c) Other post-natal 360
Total Visits 24.221
Administration of Analgesics
Cases in which Gas and Air was administered 519
Cases in which Trilene was administered 137
Cases in which Pethidine or a related compound was administered 372
Clinic Sessions
Number of sessions attended:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 868
(b) Midwife's clinics 496
Number of ante-natal examinations by the midwife:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 5,859
(b) Midwife's clinics 4,687
Number of women attending midwife's clinics who had not previously
attended any ante-natal clinic in the current year 1,567
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