Memorandum on maternal mortality
1928-07 1928 1920s 10 pages - 7 - The number of births per year (1926) was 694,563; approximately 8 per cent. of these could be confined in an institution. In "The Protection of Motherhood" (p.18) attention is drawn to outbreaks of puerperal infection in certain maternity institu...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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July 1928
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/5FAB0C15-BFD5-4674-A790-8548A0F044AF http://hdl.handle.net/10796/31C53DBB-5DC7-4B5B-852B-7B5095A71D80 |
| Summary: | 1928-07
1928
1920s
10 pages
- 7 - The number of births per year (1926) was 694,563; approximately 8 per cent. of these could be confined in an institution. In "The Protection of Motherhood" (p.18) attention is drawn to outbreaks of puerperal infection in certain maternity institutions, and it is stated that "a case of mild infection in a hospital is a far more serious affair than a similar infection in a private house where the patient does not come into contact with other puerperal women." III. A COMPLETE MATERNITY SERVICE The first step is to make the Maternity and Child Welfare Act (1918) compulsory; all the necessary powers are contained in it for a complete maternity service. This will only exist when every local authority is compelled to provide assistance for every mother in its district, adequate to meet the requirements not only of normal cases but also of any complication or emergency at any time in pregnancy, during labour or in the puerperium. The functions will necessarily be varied and may be divided into the following groups:- 1. Clinics 2. Domiciliary services 3. Institutional services. 1) CLINICS (a) Ante-natal centres. Attendance at these centres should be encouraged from the earliest possible time. The visits should be at regular intervals and on each occasion the mother should be seen by the medical officer. Treatment of concurrent diseases (dental, V.D., etc.) should be carried out by the general practitioners, local clinics or by the hospitals. The medical officer should use to the full the facilities provided for the proper nourishment of the mother; meals rather than milk being supplied in necessitous cases. The medical officer should have special knowledge and experience of midwifery. In the management of the centres one should aim at the closest co-operation between the midwives.
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