[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

  • Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Midwives (Amendment) Act, 1950. This Act received the Royal Assent on the 12th July, 1950, and modifies the powers and duties of Local Health Authorities as follows :— Section 6 (2) extends the scope of the offences for which, under Section 1 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1902, women, not being certified midwives, are subject to penalties on summary conviction, to include the imauthorised wearing of uniform. Section 6 (3) renders void any agreement made between a local health authority (or other body) and 1 domiciliary' midwife employed by them in so far as it precludes the midwife from wearing a uniform ^rescribed by the Central Midwives Board in rules made under Section 6 (1). Section 7 (2) alters the periods in respect of which the names and addresses of midwives who notify » their intention to practise haA-e to be supplied by local supervising authorities to the Central Midwives Board. The period in question will henceforth be the twelve months ending 31st January in each year (thirteen I months ending 31st January, 1951) and the lists will fall to be supplied in February. Section 1 (3) relieA'es local supervising authorities of the obligation to keep a current copy of the roU 3f midAHves accessible at all times for public inspection. Section 9 empoAA'ers local supervising authorities to provide residential accommodation for pupil ImidAA-iA'es undergoing training in their area and make compulsory purchase powers available for this purpose. I Section 12 exempts a practising midAvife from service on any jury. k I r Supervision of Nursing Homes. It is the duty’ of the County Council to license private nursing homes (including maternity homes) ifter inspection, and to rcAusit them at intervals to see that an adequate service is maintained and that the terms of the licence are fulfilled. Eight inspections were carried out during the year to ensure the proper maintenance of the fiA'e nursing homes registered under Section 187 of the Public Health Act, 1936. S’uRSEs’ Acts, 1943 and 1945. At the end of the year there Avas only one agency registered under the Nurses’ Acts, 1943-45. Aberdare and Mountain Ash. Caerphilly and Gelligaer. Mid-Glamorgan. Neath and District. Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Port Talbot and Glyncorrwg. South-East Glamorgan. AVest Glamorgan. Rhondda. Totals. iIaterxita' Cases attended by Domiciliary illDWIA'ES DURING THE PERIOD. TAs llidwives 424 846 452 460 445 349 418 278 959 4,631 'onnty Midwives .. .. < l^As Matemitj' Nurses 22 100 95 5 44 11 223 162 28 690 fAs Midivives 8 11 23 12 6 27 87 •lidwives in private practiced l^As Maternity Nurses 2 1 5 1 — 15 17 2 17 60 Administration of Analgesics. ■io. of Midwives in practice in the T Domiciliarj' .. 14 24 21 11 15 12 21 16 19 153 area qualified to administery analgesics In institutions 11 5 14 30 8 — 6 14 12 100 •io. of sets of apparatus for the administration of analgesics in use by County Midwives 14 24 21 11 15 12 21 16 19 153 AO. of cases in which analgesics were administered by County Midwives— (a) Acting as ilidwives .. 256 452 203 308 207 262 249 156 558 2,651 (6) Acting as Matemit\- Nurses 7 48 53 1 19 10 170 143 20 471