[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDWIVES IN SANITARY DISTRICTS. Rural District of Number of Midwives. Number of Midwives per 10,000 ])opulation. Urban District of Number of Midwives. Number of Mid wives per 10,000 population. Atchani 22 11 Bishop’s Castle .. 2 15 Bridgnorth 12 14 Bridgnorth 3 5 Burford 1 8 Church Stretton .. 1 9 Chirbury 6 17 Dawley 7 9 Church Stretton .. 3 7 Ellesmere .. 1 5 Cleobury Mortimer 4 6 Ludlow 3 5 Clun 11 16 Newport .. 6 18 Drayton 14 12 Oakengates 6 5 Ellesmere .. 6 8 Oswestry .. 4 4 Ludlow 10 10 Shrewsbury 19 7 Newport 3 5 Wellington 3 4 Oswestry 24 16 Wem 5 23 Shifnal 14 16 Wenlock .. 14 9 Teme 4 21 Whitchurch 5 10 Wellington 8 7 Wem 8 10 Whitchurch 2 10 This table is particularly important as showing the districts in which trained midwives are required. The County Council has, through the Technical, now Higher Education Committee, for some lytars paid for the training of a certain number of midwives, averaging about five each year, at a cost of about ;^35 each midwife. The training given has been usually three mouths at a lying-in hospital and three months as a district nurse. Since the Act canie into force the training has practically been confined to midwifery. In the future it will be advisable to consider not only the suitability of the candidates but also the part of the county in which they intend to practise. The supply of midwives is a matter that will require very careful consideration, as it is very unlikely that the present sources will be found sufficient in the future.