[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Mexborough U.D.C.

  • Mexborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Mexborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDWIFERY — SECTION 23 The authorised establishment of midwives for the Division is 14*5, but with the continued decline in domiciliary deliveries only 11 full-time midwives and 1 part-time midwife were employed at the 31st December, 1971. All are author¬ ised car users. With the introduction of management structure in the nursing services, Miss J. Dearden was appointed Nursing Officer (Midwifery) for this Division and the neighbouring Division at Rotherham. Mrs. H. E. Hillery, who so faith¬ fully served as a district midwife in the Dearne area for over twenty years, retired during 1971. Another of the midwifery staff transferred to the Home Nursing Service. The midwives, having fewer deliveries to undertake, are now free to help general practitioners with their ante-natal clinics both in Local Health Authority premises and their own surgeries where this is requested by the family doctor. As required under Section G of the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, midwives attend an approved refresher course every five years. Three members of the staff attended such courses in 1971. The County Council also arrange an in- service training programme and three other members of the midwifery staff attended a course at Grantley Hall Adult College in October 1971. Dr. C. C. Bowley, Director of the Sheffield Region of the National Blood Transfusion Service, and an authority on the subject, addressed all the midwifery staff on the subject of “Prevention of Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn.” District midwives attended 224 deliveries during the year at which the doctor was present on 28 occasions. They also attended 883 mothers discharged from hospital before the tenth day after delivery. HEALTH VISITING — SECTION 24 At the 31st December, 1971, 17 qualified health visitors were employed in the Division and six assistants. 2 of the qualified staff were designated as field work instructors, having the supervision of student health visitors on the district who were being trained at the Sheffield Polytechnic. The County Council introduced a management structure for the nursing services in 1971 and appointed Nursing Officers as first line managers for each of the three nursing services. B12