One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!

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

Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a Penang lawyer.