Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-08-25
HITS for MRS
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-SSS9


being relic ages you might think
this may very well be the coming nationwide
hospital home delivery
pendulum be swinging back favor of the home
factors influencing this according Garrett tn
Increasing hospital bed shortage the tightening economy
Montgomery County, having the midwife market wit
out of the total of nine in the State again leading tn
crowd.
The present started in 1912 the result of
shortages of doctors hospital although mdwves
been licensed the since 1925 under the supervision of tn
Maternity and Child Welfare Bureau the State Health Department
In AZ there II licensed mdwives who handled total
SO home deliveries setting up
teray and limits the number mdwves in the
considerably AT present the oldest 79 informed Mr.
Garrett that she doing this work before BORN
he John the other three
he Pooesvile- -Bealsvile
Each in order TO get their licenses renewed they must
importance of by
fact that after retirement they statement the
department that thew will no longer practice and are gwen per
mission keep the license hanging of these
from long line of mdes and taught their trade by
their mothers
biggest part postnata after docto
has done the actual delivery either in the home hospa
The short hospital for maternity practice es
lays responsible for this Only four babies actually
ivered by midwives in the County last year
Any expecant mother who wishes to employ midwife
examined by either private doctor at maternity clinic
At THIS time she Is given card that allows her to use midwife
the time giving the midwife permission
amning doctor of emergency This places responsibility
On the medical men and only mothers who be expected hav
normal delivery with complications granted permission
After the card has been obtained Mrs
visit the mother some time during the seventh month of pregnanc
check the supplies in the home for the of Older
children the family the person responsible helping
the midwife during delivery.
starts she in turn notifies
Mrs. Garrett who give support
if the midwife into trouble.
Mrs Garrett native of Wisconsin, graduate
trained in Indiana and received her BA degree Catholic
sy and her MA in public health education at Chapel HILL Nor
Carolina
Six months after joining the Montgomery County
department staff
for idwives in New York City This is the oldest
of four in the United States After sixmont
returned the County set the for mwves
has been supervising
Her most memorable who planned O go
hospital put long delivery place
woodshed with supplies nothing
the baby On top of this rain all night middle
night sop) the shed leaked like
only potbeied stove with rain leaking in
pipe dropping hot balls
of water that splashed and
Garrett and made her drop box of cyanide pills used for steg
gloves.
of the who assisting her. the of the
ing hands and searching the many
they were sure that they had found last of the deadly
little hreecornered pink pills Luckily the only
nightmare procedure of keeping
babies her. reports Mrs
Garrett but she has had the thrill of least half
hem Most of them she for close friends
girl is called Alice because the tune of "Ace Blue
kept running through Mrs Garretts morning
delivery
She and her who Treasury Department
have just celebrated their 25h wedding anniversary
their married life has been spent in Maryland
She honorary societies. Kappa Theta Tau
for and Pi in
startled remember
cookie children somepace in
the attic have a scroll to prove it.
She also the health department representative
Chapter Board for the American Society
of her health department duties deputy the Health Officer
Civil Defense led her being invited join Soropms
as the representative for the nursing profession
Her report of this club which service club
representatives from each profession fascinating
to do the Soropmists justice will devote them
One last word to the mothers of the County,
lot produce girl Florence
named for Nurse Garrett and Miss Nightingale
though she may be!
NOTE TO HOUSEWIVES If last weeks "soggy, soggy
left you with number mdewed problems these
stains must be treated when fresh before the growth
chance weaken the CLOTH This weeks sunshine
bleach for those nasty little black spots before your eyes,
The trick to treating these stains mdcs
and work until find the that works Reading
to right order of mlness drying grass
the sunlight if this the fast
try lemon juice and avel diluted
the regular laundry beaches and last mild
of sodium perborae
These helpful hints you through the courtesy our
Mrs Catherine Rhodes the Home Demonstration Agent Poplar
22 For detailed instructions call bulletin
stain Removal from Fabrics leaflet No. 1474
asked Mrs a De in