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MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
TABLE E.
Particulars regarding the teaching of Midwifery in Medical Schools.
Particulars. | Stanley Medical School, Madras. |
Lady Willingdon Medical School for Women, Madras. |
Missionary Medical School for Women, Vellore, Madras. |
B. J. Medical School, Poona. |
B. J. Medical School, Ahmedabad. |
Christian Medical School Miraj. (Bombay) |
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(a) Students Annual Entry | 66 | 22 | 20 | 60 | 50 to 60 | 25 every other year. |
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(b) Maternity Beds | 75 | 50 | 64 | 39 | 24 | 12 | |
(c) Students signed up for labour cases in 1936. |
57 | 25 | 7 | 53 | 19 | See Note against (f). |
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(d) Confinement cases available in 1936 | 3,134 | 2,000 | 301 | 500 | 255 | 76 | |
(e) Increase in (d) from 1932 to 1936 | 707 | 987 | 15 | —53 | 54 | .. | |
(f) Time allotted to |
(i) Midwifery and In- fant Welfare |
200 days concurrently. |
7 months concurrently |
3 months. | No specific time allotted. |
3 months | 3 students re- main on ma- ternity duty for 3 months. Then one of them is re- placed by a new one every month and this goes on for 2½ years. |
(ii) Gynæcology | 3 months. | ||||||
(g) Is (f) whole time | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | No | .. | |
(h) Deliveries personally conducted by each student |
20 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 to 6 | |
(i) Is (h) shared by other students | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
(j) Number of systematic lectures given annually. |
100 | 36 hours. | 2 hours per week for 3 terms in IV year and 1 hour per week for 3 terms in final year. |
50 | 96 | Weekly 2 periods of 1 hour each. One lecture annually in midwifery. |