[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.

  • Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As previously referred to, the percentage of hospital confinements is liigh in the County, approximately 75 per cent, leaving only 25 per cent for domiciliary confinements, and of the domiciliary cases some are delivered by the General Practitioners and others by the Midwives. These figures may give ai false impression, for, although the con- finement may be booked for the doctor, a Midwife acting as a Maternity Nurse is always in attendance. In add.ition, all hos])itals situated in the County notify the Health Depart- ment if any mother and baby is discharged before the four- teenth day of the puerperium, so that the local midwife can attend for at least the remainder of that period. While the number of cases attended by the midwife has become greatly reduced, she still plays an important role in the ante- natal care of hospital and domiciliary cases, the confinements in the home and the post-natal care of the majority of mothers. To ensure a better continuity of advice and care, most of the midwives attend^ and actively participate in the work of Uie Child Welfare Clinic. SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES. The Superintendent Nursing Officer is the non-medical supervisor of midwives. According to Miss Chune’s report, all the midwives in the employ of the County Council are well equipped and maintain a high standard of efficiency. Throughout the County the posts are combined District Nurse/Midwife, with the ex- ception of three whole-time midwives in the Borough of Wrexham and one in Rhos. Notice of intention to practise was received from 138 midwives. On the 1st January, 1951, there were 99 midwives on the roll. TABLE XIV. Midwives Employed by Local Health Authority (whole-time and part-time) 72 In Private Practise — Dom- iciliary, Private Homes Nursing 14 In Hospitals 52