[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Cambrklge, certain powers and duties under the Midwives Act were delegated to the Town Council prior to the jMidwives Act, 1918. The services of the County Council’s Inspector of Midwives are utilised for inspection purposes. During the year, 15d routine visits of inspection were paid to midwives by the Inspector, 26 in Cambridge Borough and 127 in the rural area. Special enquiries to the number of 60 were also made from time to time as occasion arose. All the practising midwives in the area are trained women. The following is the number who notified their intention to practise in the years specified:— • Trained. Untrained. Total. 1906 ... 24 42 66 1927 ... 54 2 56 1928 ... 54 54 Of the 54 midwivtswho, in January, 1928, notified their intention to ])raetise throughout the year, 13 reside in Cambridge, and 41 live in the rural area. .A.ltogether 73 notifications were received during the calendar year 1927, some being due to holiday duty undertaken for District Niu’ses. With two exceptions, all the trained midwives practising regularly in the rural area are District Nurses. The County Council gave three nursing scholarships of the value of £75 each during the year, the total number of nursc-midwives whose training has been assisted in this way •since 1013 being 37. Maintenance grants to the total amount of T49 were also made during the year to three District Nursing Associations in respect of the services of the nurse- midwives in their employ. These forms of assistance serve the double purpose of providing both a midwifery and a ;general nursing service for the' sick poor in the villages. I’hrough the activity of the County Nursing Association, with the financial support of the County Council, the number