Before revision: Collection GUYS HOSPITAL GROUP Date of Creation 1922-1926 Document \SUPERSCRIPT cite journal : Check date values in: |date= (help) \SUPERSCRIPT cite journal : Check date values in: |date= (help) United Kingdom Reform and the 1902 Act In the late 19th century, reformers were calling not only for registration and recognition of the profession of a midwife but also for the two functions of midwife and monthly nurse to be amalgamated: "The work of midwives lies, for the most part, amongst the poor and the poor lying-in woman needs not only to be delivered, but to be visited for some ten days subsequent to her confinement".
After revision: Collection GUYS HOSPITAL GROUP Date of Creation 1922-1926 Document   United Kingdom Reform and the 1902 Act In the late 19th century, reformers were calling not only for registration and recognition of the profession of a midwife but also for the two functions of midwife and monthly nurse to be amalgamated: "The work of midwives lies, for the most part, amongst the poor and the poor lying-in woman needs not only to be delivered, but to be visited for some ten days subsequent to her confinement".