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Midwives are invited to attend with their patients at
the Ante-natal Clinic. Every woman should have the advantage
of a medical examination during pregnancy in addition
to the usual ante-natal supervision given by the midwife she
has engaged.
Some of the midwives in Wimbledon are finding difficulty
in obtaining sufficient employment. The declining birth rate
and the increasing facilities available for women to have
their confinements in neighbouring hospitals has considerably
affected their practices.
No uncertified women living in Wimbledon were known
to be attending confinements under the direction and supervision
of registered medical practitioners.
During September, the Surrey County Council, as the
Local Supervising Authority for Surrey, arranged a course
of lectures and demonstrations for the midwives in their
area as in previous years. The midwives in Wimbledon were
kindly invited to attend, if they so desired, and a number
availed themselves of the opportunity of being present.
Several lectures were also given to the Wimbledon
midwives by the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall
during the year.
The local branch of the Midwives' Institute, of which
the Chairman of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
of the Wimbledon Borough Council is President, continued to
meet every month in the room placed at their disposal at the
Town Hall.
The following notifications were received from midwives
practising in the district:—
Stillbirths 3
Artificial Feeding 1
Liability to be a Source of Infection 11
Notification of Death 5
Total 20
Medical Aid forms were received in seventy-six instances,
and the following table shows the conditions for which
medical help was obtained:-
Albuminuria 9
Ante-partum Hmæorrhage 4
Delayed Labour 15
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