[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tlie case of membranous crouj) occurred iu the Cliads- Ui00i‘ Ward. Tliii teen ca.ses weie notifb d, a.s ii<raiust twenty one in 1008 and twenty eight in 1907. Five occurrc<l in the (\innock' Ward, tliree in the Hednesford Ward, four in the Chadsmoor Ward, and one in the Workhouse. One case was notified, as against thii teen in ] 908 and one in 1907. It was imported i»ito the Hednesford Ward from Bii-mingham, and the Sanitaiy Authority tliere was duly informed. One case was notified, as against eight in 1908 and PuerperalFever five in 1907. This is a satisfactoiy decrease. The ease occurred in Hednesford Ward and was duly reported to the County Medical Officer. There was a lii.stoiy of similar trouble, and thei e did not appear to be any blame attached to the midwife in attendance. The patient recovered. The Midwives’ Act 1902, has come fully into force, and from now no woman may habitually and for gain ” attend women in childbirth unless she be certified under the Act. The object of the Act is to ensure that midwifery pi ac-tice shall be cari ied on only by properly qualified women, and the date upon which its provisions as to the certification of midwives should begin to operate has been posponed in Older that a sufficient time might be provided for the training of those who were to be required to take out the certificates. A Cmtral Midwives’ Hoard was formed under the Act to frame rules regulating the issue of cer- tificates, the conditions of admi.ssion to the roll of mid- wives. the course of training, the conduct of examinations, etc. ’I'he rules of the Hoaid were ap[)roved by Order in Council in August, 1908, four months after the Act came into force, and the first examination was heldin.Iune, 1905. The enrolment, withour examination, of practising and previously certificated midwives cea.sed accoidin trly to the provisions of tiie Act on ^lairh 31st, 1905. Alter that date the name or title of midwife was restricted to women who were on the I'oll. \ow no woman who is not on the roll will be able to practise as a mitlwifc except under medical supervision or in cases of emergency. Although the Board does not undertake the training of midwives it deals with the applications of maternity hos- pitals and institutions for recognition as training Schools the applications of registered medical practioners for rec- ognition as teachers, and the ayiplications of certified mid- wives for approval fdi’ the purpose of supervising the practical work of pupils.