Memorandum on maternal mortality
1928-07 1928 1920s 10 pages - 5 - The maternal mortality rate from all causes is higher in Wales than in any division of England. With regard to all mortality rates, the North of England has a higher record than the Midland or South, and if the North be taken as the standard (100) the maternal mor...
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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/10796/785B7D7C-8C3A-4F63-8C25-42CBD00EA3FB http://hdl.handle.net/10796/20BD93D7-01B1-4470-8ED7-7DF865C2CEE9 |
| Summary: | 1928-07
1928
1920s
10 pages
- 5 - The maternal mortality rate from all causes is higher in Wales than in any division of England. With regard to all mortality rates, the North of England has a higher record than the Midland or South, and if the North be taken as the standard (100) the maternal mortality rate for the four divisions reads as follows:- North Midland South Wales Pueperal Fever 100 79 86 101 Other Causes 100 80 73 128 Total 100 80 78 118 (2) PRESENT AVAILABLE SERVICES (a) Ante-Natal Clinics are provided under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act (1918). In 1926 there were 772 ante-natal clinics, of which 474 were municipal. There are as a rule no ante-natal clinics at infirmaries, but they are usual in many hospitals. Patients may not be booked at most London hospitals until the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy, the reason being that if booked, students might be expected to attend miscarriage. The function of the clinic is to examine the mother's health, give advice, detect abnormalities, link up the clinic with specialist services in hospitals, with consultants and the general practitioner. (b) Services in the Home may be rendered by the following persons:- 1. The Doctor. Training: The following resolutions of the General Medical Council with regard to training in midwifery and diseases of women came into operation in 1923:- The student shall receive instruction in this branch of his training during a period of at least two terms, comprising: (i) courses of systematic instruction in the principles and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology; (ii) lectures and demonstrations in clinical obstetrics and gynaecology, and attendance on in-patient and outpatient gynaecological practice; and (iii) ante-natal conditions and infant hygiene. Further, after attending the courses of systematic instruction in the principles and practice of gynaecology and of obstetrics every student should give continuous attendance on obstetrical hospital practice, under the supervision of a competent
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