MATERNAL MORTALITY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18128, 18 July 1924, Page 11

MATERNAL MORTALITY.

-. to the xsrrox oy "the Srsss."' , I Sir, —Much lias been etud' and written lately ,on t!je question ;of , maternal mortaEty, and much for and against, prii nursihg liomes.' The tenidency is, as usual, to. '.blame tho niirse who has gi.ven vp tho best years -of. her life -for 'tho work v she loves. ; It -is. a hard life,' with'Vthe - anxiety'-of; nursing; andthe worries of finance • and labour (it difficult' to. get efficient . help, either nursing or- domestic),:. Then wlien Uouble comes,- as it does., soone? I or later .in the . best .conducted home®; !. for child-birth, has-its perils like, everything el&e, 'the n'urse tfho-is unfortunate enough'.to:'bei -the owner of the home hasto^■"'••bear the..brunt of it all. Nothing-is said about what she has to; contend :.#ith, Especially of the Repous cases taken into her Come out' all'right? and .' -'in ■tliese fitrenuou Qj daysv <m any. women ar,© an. easy prey to sepsis,, being worn out with over-work and financial ; worries. There is no mention of the septic trouble which is sonjetimes sent and of-which the nurse does not - know" until it is too.late. It is frequently not a difficult ,case wliich, becomes sep-' : tip. but.a•.„normal ,one ■ vwhich'has : had, every ;car&,; and this proves that infection is • brought into the home in the first Tight the trouble by all means, notify and take every precaution, for in ,not doing so lies the- sin; but let the doctor who- is engaged for the case : take fhe. responsibility right through instead -of putting it on to tlie much harassed, nurse .when things gq wrong. —Yours, etc., 1 , . JUSTICE. 3uly 'l7th, 1924. ■ r