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(c) Maternal Mortality in 1936.
Deaths from puerperal sepsis nil
Deaths from other accidents and diseases of
pregnancy nil
No deaths occurred as a result of, or in connection
with, reproduction.
The services of the Council's Consultant under the
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations
include consultations in respect of cases of difficult confinement.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF MIDWIVES' ACTS.
The administration of the above Acts, within the
District, has been carried out by the Middlesex County
Council.
There were two midwives practising in the District at
the end of the year.
The total number of births notified by midwives was
177, or 51 per cent, of the total notified births for the
year.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia
Regulations, 1926 and 1928.
The services of a Consultant are provided by the
Council and are always available at the request of the
medical practitioners in the District.
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