Introductory notes on lying-in institutions
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- LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
- INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS. TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSAL FOR ORGANISING AN INSTITUTION FOR TRAINING MIDWIVES AND MIDWIFERY NURSES.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF PLANS.
- NOTES ON LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
- MIDWIFERY STATISTICS.
- NORMAL DEATH-RATE OF LYING-IN WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
- NORMAL MORTALITY AMONG LYING-IN WOMEN IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
- OBJECTIONS TO THE DATA.
- ESTIMATED APPROXIMATE HOME DEATH-RATE.
- DEATH-RATES IN LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
- CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF MORTALITY IN LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
- CAUSES OF HIGH DEATH-RATES IN LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
- INFLUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LYING-IN WARDS ON THE DEATH-RATE.
- RESULTS OF IMPROVED LYING-IN WARD CONSTRUCTION.
- SHOULD MEDICAL STUDENTS BE ADMITTED TO LYING-IN HOSPITAL PRACTICE?
- INFLUENCE OF TIME SPENT IN A LYING-IN WARD ON THE DEATH-RATE.
- EFFECT OF GOOD MANAGEMENT ON THE SUCCESS OF LYING-IN ESTABLISHMENTS.
- MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY LYING-IN WARDS.
- RECAPITULATION.
- CAN THE ARRANGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS BE IMPROVED?
- CHAPTER II. CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF A LYING-IN INSTITUTION AND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MIDWIVES AND MIDWIFERY NURSES.
- I. CONSTRUCTION OF A LYING-IN INSTITUTION.
- 1. How many Beds to a Ward?
- 2. How many Wards to a Floor?
- 3. How many Floors to a Pavilion (hut or cottage)?
- How many Beds to a Pavilion or Hut?
- How many Pavilions or Huts to a Lying-in Institution?
- 4. How much space to the Bed?
- The Delivery Ward.
- 5. How many Windows to a Bed?
- 6. What are healthy Walls and Ceilings and Floors?
- 7. What is a healthy and well-lighted Delivery Ward?
- 8. Scullery, Lavatory, W.C.
- 9. How to Ventilate Lying-in Wards.
- 10. Furniture, Bedding, Linen.
- 11. Water Supply, Drainage, Washing.
- 12. Medical Officer’s Room and Waiting-room.
- 13. Segregation Ward.
- 14. Kitchen.
- SITE.
- II. MANAGEMENT.
- III. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MIDWIVES.
- DESCRIPTION OF SKETCH-PLANS OF PROPOSED INSTITUTION.
- Plan III.
- Plan IV.
- Plan V.
- APPENDIX.
- MIDWIFERY AS A CAREER FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.
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