[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Number of midwives in practice in the area, including private and hospital nurses qualified to administer anal- gesics, in accordance with the requirements of the Central Midwives Boards: — (a) Domiciliary ... 22 (b) Jn Institutions ... 6 Total ... 28 2. Number of cases in which analgesics were administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year— (a) Gas and Air ... 124 (b) Trilene ... 40 3. Number of midwives trained in the year ... — 4. Total number of sets of Minnitts Gas and Air Apparatus supplied by the Council ... 27 5. Number of cases in which Pethedine was ad- ministered by Midwives in Domiciliary practice during the year ' ... 28 Refresher Courses for Mid wives. Owing to the difficulty of sparing staff, no midwives have undergone refresher courses. Training of Pupil Midwives. No facilities exist for the actual training of ,pupi] midwives within the County. Notification of Births. The following notifications of births were received during the year: Live Births 602; Still Births 6; making a total of 608. These births were attended by: — District Nurse Midwives : County 297; Border 2... 299 Private Midwives: County 7, Border 0 ... 7 Hospital and Institutional Midwives ... 302 Number of Births notified in the Authority’s Area during 1955 under Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936, as adjust- ed by any transferred notifications: — (a) Live Births, 862; (b) Still Births, 14; (c) Total, 876. Section 24—Health Visiting. The health visiting staff consists of 1 Superintendent Nursing Officer and 18 part-time health visitors, who also act as school nurses and/or district nurses; 8 of these nurses perform duties of Health Visitors under dispensation by the Minister of Health.