Meaning of on the district | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.

UK, historical

Examples

“Midwives working on the district rarely saw women die because, on the whole, they would transfer to hospital any women with severe problems.”

“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.”

CEFR level