[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council.

  • Buckinghamshire (England). County Council. n 50052973.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDWIVES ACT, 1902. Miss Mackenzie, Inspector of Midwives, has submitted the following report to the Midwives Sub-Committee: — I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year ended dlst December, 1915. Number of Midwives registered.. Ill Number actually practising 8!) Number of cases attended by Midwives 1,590 Inspections made 295 Special Inspections 17 Midwives reported to the C.M.B. — Suspended from practice 3 Removal from Roll 1 Of the 111 midwives who notified their intention to practise during the year, 68 are trained and 21 are hona-Hde. The midwives attended 1,259 cases alone and 331 as monthly nurses. Medical help was summoned in 171 cases. There were 27 still-births during the year, compared with 24 in the previous year. Three cases of Puerperal fever were reported, as against five in the year 1914. Fortunately all the patients recovered. Five deaths of mothers were reported. In no case did there appear to be any neglect on the part of the midwife. Eight deaths of infants were reported. In each case it was f( und that the midwife had carefully carried out the Rules of the C.M.B. One inquest was held, and a verdict of “ Death from natural causes ” was retiirned. On investigation of these cases one feels that the proportion (-5 per cent.), especially when added to the percentage of still-births (1-7), is too high, and one wonders what steps can be taken. Three midwives were suspended from practice after having been in contact with cases of puerperal fever. The name of one midwife was removed from the Roll at her own request, on the grounds of old age and inability to keep the Rules. Notices of sending for Medical help 171 Notices of Still-births received ... 27 Cases of Puerperal Fever notified 3 Cases of Ophthalmia notified 7 Deaths of mother 5 Do.iths of child 8 Inquest 1