Lying-in Institutions

About this eBook

Author

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

Title

Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

Original Publication

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1871.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Women's hospitals

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73878

Release Date

June 20, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS. — INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS. TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSAL FOR ORGANISING AN INSTITUTION FOR TRAINING MIDWIVES AND MIDWIFERY NURSES.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF PLANS.
6. 6.NOTES ON LYING-IN INSTITUTIONS.
7. 7.MIDWIFERY STATISTICS.
8. 8.NORMAL DEATH-RATE OF LYING-IN WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
9. 9.NORMAL MORTALITY AMONG LYING-IN WOMEN IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
10. 10.OBJECTIONS TO THE DATA.
11. 11.ESTIMATED APPROXIMATE HOME DEATH-RATE.
12. 12.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?
13. 13.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.
14. 14.APPENDIX. — MIDWIFERY AS A CAREER FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.

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