[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE AD.MINISTHATIVE AUHANGEMENTS Infant welfare and postnatal elinies are held ^at Hamilton Square, iNiount Grove, the North Health Glinie in Park Poad West, and the South Health tMinit* in Ikalford Avenue. The Hainilton Square Clinic was opened in Ihlh : the Mount Gi-ove Cdinic in 1928 ; the North Health Clinic at the end of 1929; and the South Health Clinic in Hecember of this year. Staff .—d 1 le executive staff enoaged on Maternity and Child Welfare work at the end of the year c'onsisted of Hr. Deacon (Hamilton Sipiare antenatal and ]K)stnatal (dinics) ; Dr. Williams (North ante- natal and ])ostnatal clinics) ; Dr. Sandilands (Mount Grove postnatal clinic) : and ]fr. Hodgson (South postnatal clinic). Dr. iMary Deacon continued to act as Inspector of Midwives and iMiss E. A. Smith as Assistant Inspector of Midwives. In addition to the ])art-time services of the Chief Health Nurse and the whole-time servic-es of the Assistant Inspector of Midwives, the equivalent of the whole time of eight nurses was available for maternity and child welfare work at the end of the year. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES Work under this section is concerned with the administration of the iMidwives and Maternity Homes Acts, 1902 to 1926 ; the visiting of the homes of midwives, inspecting their instruments, etc., advising them on the details of their work and on their duties as set out in the above Acts, and in the rules issued by the Central Midwives Board. Number of midwives.—During the year 1934, 69 midwives (ex- cluding those on the staff of the Birkenhead Municipal Hospital—19 in number) entered their names on the local register as practising in the Borough. 3 midwives left the district; 2 died; and 1 ceased to practise. Of the 69 midwives, 65 were trained and 4 untrained. - Number of cases attended by mid wives.—The cases attended by midwives alone (no doctor being in attendance) numbered 2,172; over three-quarters of the total births in the Borough. Visits of inspection.—The Assistant Inspector of Midwives paid 114 quarterly and 12 special visits of insj^ection. She aso paid 145 visits to the h' mes of midwives, but was unalile to obtain access. Interviews in office.—41 interviews between midwives and the A^vistant Ins))e('tor of Midwives took place during the year. Caises of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia in practice of midwives 7 cases of [)uerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia were invest igat>*d. Cases requiring medical help.—529 cases were notified by midwives in wliich medi'-al aid had been called in, as against 381 last year. 465 visits were nnule regarding cases requiring medical help.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0097.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
