[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MIDWIVES’ ACT. Summary of Inspector’s work : Regular Inspections of Midwives ... 96 Special visits of enquiry ... ... 25 Other visits ... ... 58 Letters and notices sent out ... ... 654 Visits of inspection to Nursing Home ... 4 Notifications received of : Intention to practice ... ... 27 Sending for medical help ... ... 93 Artificial feeding of infants ... ... 5 Still-births ... ... 9 Having laid out a dead body... ... 2 Liability to be a source of infection ... 7 In connection with sending for medical aid, 41 notifications were received from the three Urban Districts, and 52 from the five Rural. Particulars are as follows : Mother—(a) Ante-natal : Albuminuria ... 4 Contracted pelvis ... 1 Vaginal discharge ... 1 Shock following bad fall ... 1 (b) Labour and Puerperium : Premature labour ... 2 Prolonged labour ... 8 Delayed first stage of labour 2 „ second „ „ ... 12 Malpresentations (occipito- posterior 4, breech 2) ... 6 Uterine inertia ... 3 Ruptured perineum ... 21 Ante-partum haemorrhage ... 2 Post-partum „ ... 1 Miscarriage ... 1 Abortion ... 3 Threatened abortion ... 1 Rise of temperature ... 2 Phlebitis ... 2 Fits ... l Dangerouse varicose veins ... 3 Post maturity ... \ Abnormal birth .... 1 Severe pain under breast ... 1 Exhaustion ... i