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on the district

on the district prepositional phrase: of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, historical) Of 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 Tale
    • 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

Questions about on the district

What does on the district mean?
On the district means of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.
What part of speech is on the district?
On the district is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the district in the dictionary

  1. on the cutting room floor
  2. on the daily
  3. on the debit side
  4. on the deck
  5. on the defensive
  6. on the district
  7. on the DL
  8. on the docket
  9. on the door
  10. on the dot
  11. on the double

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