Meanings
- UKhistoricalmedicineOf a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.
Midwives working on the district rarely saw women die because, on the whole, they would transfer to hospital any women with severe problems.
2013, Nicky Leap, Billie Hunter, The Midwife's Tale1 more example
Pethidine, a synthetic opioid developed in Germany during the war, was used in 75 per cent of hospital labours by 1948. In contrast midwives working on the district were not able to offer it to their women until 1951.
2013, Tania McIntosh, A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth, page 96
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on the district. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20district
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