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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) doctor was not booked 10
(b) a doctor was booked 900
Cases delivered in hospital and other institutions but discharged and
attended before tenth day 668
Miscarriages attended 7
New cases booked 977
Cases on the books at the end of the year 494
Medical aid notices issued 20
Visits paid (as midwife):
(a) Ante-natal 5,509
(b) Nursing 15,749
(c) Other post-natal 459
Total Visits 21,717
Administration of Analgesics
Cases in which Gas and Air was administered 412
Cases in which Trilene was administered 1ll
Cases in which Entonox was administered 71
Cases in which Pethidine or a related compound was administered 373
Clinic Sessions
Number of sessions attended:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 1,029
(b) Midwife's clinics 503
Number of ante-natal examinations by the midwife:
(a) General practitioner's clinics 6,626
(b) Midwife's clinics 3,300
Number of women attending midwife's clinics who had not previously
attended any ante-natal clinic in the current year 916
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