[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.

  • Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    who have booked a midwife or doctor for a domiciliary con- finement. GAS AND AIR ANALGESIA All the District Nurses employed by the Council, with the exception of two, have now qualified to administer gas and air analgesia. There were, during the year, 10 apparatus available for the District Nurse-midwives. Gas and air anal- gesia was administered by the Nurse-mid wives to 93 patients. Arrangements have been made for special equipment, in- cluding a special cot, to be available for premature babies born at home, who cannot be admitted to hospital. CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS Space is provided on the notification of births forms for the weight at birth, so that premature infants (S^bs. or less) may be followed up by the health visitors. No special form of transport has yet been provided for the conveyance of these infants to hospital. 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Total number of premature infants notified during the year ... 34 46 32 64 57 (a) born at home 15 22 19 28 22 (b) born in hospital ... ... 19 24 13 36 35 Number of those born at home: — (a) nursed entirely at home ... 15 22 19 28 19 (b) died during first 24 hours ... 3 3 2 6 1 (c) survived at end of one month 12 Number of those born in hospital: — 16 12 18 14 (a) died during first 24 hours 4 2 2 1 2 (b) survived at end of one month 15 19 8 33 30 Medical Aid was sought by midwives in accordance with the Midwives Act, 1918, Section 14, as follows: