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(c) Maternal Mortality in 1934.
Deaths from puerperal sepsis 1
Deaths from other accidents and diseases of
pregnancy nil
One death occurred as a result of, or in connection
with, reproduction. A thorough investigation was made
into the probable influencing factors and the information
transmitted to the Ministry of Health.
During the year the services of the Council's
Consultant under the Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia Regulations were extended to include consultations
in respect of cases of difficult confinement.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF MIDWIVES' ACTS.
The administration of the above Acts, within the
District, is carried out by the Middlesex County Council.
There were three midwives practising in the District
at the end of the year.
The total number of births notified by midwives was
172, or 54.9 per cent. of the total notified births for the
year.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia
Regulations, 1926 and 1928.
Urgent cases are admitted to the West Middlesex
County Hospital, Isleworth, and also to Queen
Charlotte's Hospital, London.
The services of a Consultant are provided by the
Council and are always available at the request of the
medical practitioners in the District.
(3) HEALTH VISITING.
The Council in considering a successor to Miss E. G.
Rickeard (whose death is recorded on another page),
reviewed the whole question of Health Visiting in order
to relieve to some extent the pressure of work on the
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