Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932
1932-06 1932 1930s 20 pages could reasonably be expected in return for their very poor remuneration." Successful post-graduate courses for midwives are noted by several Authorities, particularly the one at Plymouth, several of the midwives "attending and saving a week of their hol...
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London : The Maternal Mortality Committee
June 1932
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| Summary: | 1932-06
1932
1930s
20 pages
could reasonably be expected in return for their very poor remuneration." Successful post-graduate courses for midwives are noted by several Authorities, particularly the one at Plymouth, several of the midwives "attending and saving a week of their holidays in order to be able to come." Home Helps. Few Authorities appear to be making use of this part of the Maternity Service. In the admirable report from Plymouth we note that sixty were supplied during 1930 as against forty-two in 1929. Hull notes that the scheme is working very satisfactorily. Cardiff provided assistance in 105 cases. Transport. We have had occasion to allude to the necessity for improved transport at each of our Conferences, and we can find no allusion to any improvement in the country districts. It will be remembered that on a previous occasion some of our Correspondents recommended the experiment of travelling clinics, and we should be glad to see that the provision by the Local Authorities of motor cars for nurses had become more general. Our attention has been drawn quite recently to the case of a girl whose life would probably have been saved if she could have attended a good ante-natal clinic. She was very anxious for ante-natal treatment, but the clinic was nine miles away from her home, and there were no omnibuses or means of transport. Dental Clinics. There is a great increase of dental clinics throughout the country in connection with maternity work and very good propaganda appears to have been done with mothers on this point. Abortions. We note allusions to the subject of abortion as a contributory cause to maternal mortality from various Medical Officers of Health, notably from Manchester and Plymouth. The Medical Officer of Manchester says, "Of the 165 cases of puerperal fever, forty occurred after abortion or premature labour. Of the abortions, twenty-three were at the second or third month of gestation, thirteen at the fourth month, two at the fifth, and two at the seventh month of pregnancy." The Medical Officer of Plymouth attributes many deaths to this cause and comments very gravely upon it. A memorandum, M.C.W.158, was issued by the Ministry defining the conditions under which advice may be given in regard to birth control to married women in attendance at maternity and child welfare centres, provided it is given on medical grounds in cases where further pregnancy (18)
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