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00:00A place for everything and everything in its place.
00:28Or so the proverb exhorts us.
00:32But life does not always pay attention to our rules.
00:37The world is inclined to shift and change according to its fancy or its will.
00:43Turning habit on its head.
00:45Offending the established order.
00:50We survey the chaos of the landscape and despair.
00:55How can this ever be rectified?
00:58And what are we to do with the detritus?
01:08Blimey!
01:10It's a big one.
01:12It'll be carrots morning, noon and night.
01:14Scrab you, so-and-so.
01:18Good morning, ladies.
01:19How does it feel to be guardian of the ronodex?
01:23Rather wonderful.
01:24Although I do hope Nurse Crane's having a delightful Devonshire break.
01:26Now today I will be leading the early ambulation seminar at St. Cuthbert's.
01:28I shall be teaching our colleagues to encourage new mothers to be up and out of their beds soon after delivery.
01:42Nurse Highland will be representing Ninata's house.
01:44So the advice is to no longer rest in bed for ten days?
01:48That is correct.
01:49It's a new way of thinking.
01:50Sister Julianna's already given her approval.
01:52Sister Catherine and Nurse Clifford, you'll be at the maternity home today.
01:56May I ask, is there any news on the offending rubbish pile?
02:01It's an outrage.
02:02It is.
02:03But the bin men just want what's rightfully owed to them for their hard work.
02:07Fifty-five percent, I heard.
02:09Leaving the whole of Poplar diseased in their wake.
02:12Sometimes people's only route to change is to withdraw labour.
02:15I mean, it can't be an easy decision for these bin men to make.
02:18We should remember how moved we were when our pay rise was finally awarded.
02:23We don't generally see patients in this building, but we do maintain a clinical room.
02:28And the midwives have to cross that court a dozen times a day.
02:32If I ruled the world, we'd have everyone walking through troughs of disinfectant like they had to during foot and mouth.
02:38It's too close to the school. That's my first objection.
02:43Well, it's also too close to the market and to shops where food is sold.
02:48I'm just glad you're back on the Board of Health so you can discuss our fears with the council.
02:52It's certainly good timing. But how much it will help still remains to be seen.
03:01Ugh! Ugh! I came out without my hanky.
03:05Look, take mine. Oh, thank you.
03:08Thank you all for your questions. And for taking such a keen interest in the principles of early ambulation after childbirth.
03:23Now, notebooks down. And everybody on their feet, please.
03:27Come along, chaps. Don't be bashful. Nobody likes an embarrassed obstetrician.
03:32Now, Tylan, would you take the lead walking anti-clockwise around the room, keeping up a nice steady pace?
03:38Never mind the furniture. These exercises will be performed by new mothers in their homes and maternity wards, not in empty gymnasiums.
03:51Now, as you progress, take note of the effect it's having on your bodies. Any observations?
03:57It's raising my heart rate. And giving me bruises on my shins.
04:04Now, before we move on to the leg and foot exercises, perhaps someone could provide us with a recap of the benefits of gentle exercise during the postpartum period.
04:13Perhaps Nurse Highland can enlighten us.
04:18It promotes rapid resumption of normal bladder and bowel functions, plus better drainage and speedier involution of the uterus.
04:26Also, fewer respiratory complications occur.
04:30Now, I'd like you all to lie down on the floor, please.
04:34Come along.
04:36If your white coats get dirty, then you can put them in the wash.
04:40Don't worry.
04:43Bernie Mitchley. Bun in the oven. Just about done.
04:46And I'm not talking about these rum barbers.
04:49Bought you all a few treats from our bakery.
04:52How kind. I must confess I have a soft spot for a rum barber.
04:57I'd have put you down for a custard slice type.
05:00Bruce!
05:02What's wrong with you? It's only a flight of stairs.
05:05This case weighs a ton.
05:06I've been here for ten days, and I don't want to end up wearing my knickers twice.
05:11Oh, all right.
05:13All right now.
05:15This is number three now. You can do this standing on your head.
05:18That'd be a sight worth seeing.
05:21I will escort you to the ward.
05:23I'm afraid smoking is not permitted there.
05:25And as we're outside visiting hours, neither are husbands.
05:34Unless you intend to be present at the birth?
05:37My phone number's printed on the outside of the cake box.
05:40We will communicate news at the first opportunity.
05:43Following on from the somewhat equivocal success of the measles vaccination programme,
05:56the next item on the agenda is the refuse workers strike.
06:00Turner.
06:01If I could draw the committee's attention to the council policy of siting rubbish dumps in largely residential areas,
06:11it is a serious risk to public health.
06:14I, in turn, feel that the committee should draw this matter to the attention of Mrs Buckle,
06:19who, in her current capacity as mayor, has a degree of jurisdiction over civic insurrection.
06:26The workers have the right to strike for improved pay and conditions.
06:33Mrs Buckle, if there was a trade union for GPs, I would join it myself.
06:38But, with respect, the children at St Wilbur's have the right not to have a disease-ridden dump within yards of their school gate.
06:45Dr Turner, everyone wants this resolved as soon as possible.
06:50Sentiments shared by the mother of the six-year-old twins with diarrhoea and vomiting I was called out to this morning.
06:57There are refuse disposal sites all over Tower Hamlets.
07:02These cases are going to multiply and worsen.
07:07And other diseases will creep into the mix.
07:10I suggest we make Dr Turner's shrewd assessment a matter of record.
07:16Would somebody please propose in second?
07:19Brisedale, Chowdhury, thank you.
07:22Let us see if our concern will prompt any action on the mayor's part.
07:29Right, time to get you up onto the bed.
07:32Oh, you're having a laugh.
07:33Don't worry, we'll give you a hand.
07:35I reckon you'll need a crime.
07:36You're all right.
07:37I'm so sorry, Dr Turner.
07:38I do want you to know I fully appreciate how unacceptable this situation with the refuse is.
08:04I suppose we're both just trying to do our jobs.
08:09And I suppose the sooner you do yours, the sooner I can do mine.
08:14I just wish I could impress upon you how slowly the wheels of bureaucracy turn.
08:20Even getting the minutes of council meetings signed off takes an age.
08:24They say time and tide wait for no man.
08:29But neither does disease.
08:32And meanwhile, the dustmen are driving a very hard bargain.
08:39Would you like a lift, Violet?
08:41I'd appreciate that.
08:42This is noble.
08:43I have not seen a midden in our bits since I was young.
08:56Just as well disinfectant's been invented.
08:58Can I have a go?
08:59No, no.
09:00This is industrial strength, this is.
09:01That was disgusting.
09:02Oh, come this way.
09:03Mr Buckle will assist you with deposition, if required.
09:05Are there any rats?
09:07I think not.
09:08But if they were, they are all God's creatures.
09:09And we must treat them as such.
09:10Sister Monica Jo, come away.
09:11Oh, come this way.
09:12Mr Buckle will assist you with deposition, if required.
09:14Are there any rats?
09:15I think not.
09:16But if they were, they are all God's creatures.
09:17And we must treat them as such.
09:18Sister Monica Jo, come away.
09:20You shriek as if a doodlebug had landed.
09:21If a doodlebug had landed, you'd be dead.
09:22And it's time for Cumplin.
09:23Is there any rats?
09:25note but if they were they are all God's creatures and we must treat them as such
09:33sister Monica Jo come away you shriek as if a doodlebug had landed if a doodlebug
09:42had landed you'd be dead and it's time for Complin
09:48well done well done baby's head has just arrived
10:01what's the matter I'm just slipping the umbilical cord out of the way baby was wearing it like a
10:11necklace now with this next contraction I need you to push down again as hard as you can
10:17you know the drill
10:19keep going
10:24keep going
10:27wonderful work
10:31wonderful
10:32you have a little girl
10:38two minutes past eight
10:50she is the sweetest looking friend
10:55oh
10:57oh
11:01oh
11:03oh
11:05oh
11:07oh
11:08oh
11:10oh
11:12oh
11:13oh
11:14oh
11:15oh
11:16oh
11:17oh
11:18oh
11:19oh
11:20she improves before her father sings off
11:22Oh
11:36You've got a lot idea Tony. I wouldn't mind a go of that
11:41This rubbish I walk on oil put it down Reggie and we've got your gloves on
11:47on the wall memorial
11:49absolute sacrilege
11:52Oh
11:59This is positively the final straw
12:01Get out
12:04Go
12:05We're in Arthur Cyril's cat when he's needed in fairness. I did see him with a dead one in his mouth last night
12:10Yeah, he's not gonna kill many on his own
12:13We'll make a start on a morning list you go and sanitize your saddlebag
12:17I think you should check yours before you go sailing off. He might have started a trend
12:22It's a good job I put by with those meals on wheels forms, Mr. Butler. I was expecting a lively conversation about
12:40Toad in the hole versus hot pot
12:42Not all this
12:44Having to get doctor
12:46I tried banging on the floor
12:48But the neighbors didn't hear
12:52May I take a look in your eyes, please?
12:55You have got a nasty infection of some kind
13:04There's no doubt about that
13:06There's no doubt about that
13:07Possibly because the rubbish outside is attracting vermin
13:11We've always had rats
13:13But they used to keep themselves to themselves
13:18Till now
13:19That rubbish dump is like a holiday camp for them
13:22Living the time of their lives and bringing all their relatives
13:25Ambulance now
13:30No need to worry about rats in the bags anymore, Sister Julian
13:35Because we're storing the bikes in here from now on
13:38And I have it all great authority that rats go and climb the stairs
13:42I shall be putting traps down regardless
13:45I hope they'll be of the humane variety
13:49I can assure you they will not
13:52Right, ladies, shoulders back and extremities at the ready
13:57Nurse Hyland has had the benefit of private tuition from myself
14:01So if in doubt, follow her example
14:03We will begin by gently rotating the left foot in a clockwise direction
14:09Oh, either way, honey
14:13That's anti-clockwise
14:15Never could tell the time
14:17So this is meant to stop our ankles swelling
14:19Precisely
14:21Four rotations now, Silent
14:23No shortcuts
14:24Now, please do you remember
14:25This is not purely about these exercises
14:27We very much encourage you to
14:30Take short walks to the nursery
14:32Go to the bathroom unassisted
14:33And above all else
14:35Avoid excessive rest in bed
14:39This is Midgley
14:44Why don't you walk baby to the nursery
14:46And settle her to sleep in there?
14:48No, it'll disturb her
14:50Who are those nice nurses from yesterday?
14:53Off spreading their wings on house calls
14:56Don't even try making your way to that bike shed
15:02You need a machete to get through that rubbish
15:04Shall I just park up here?
15:06No, give it here
15:07Scoring them inside while the rats are on the rampage
15:10Thank you
15:11Have you checked baby's napping?
15:16Yes, it's not that
15:18I've been through all this twice over
15:20I know you have
15:22And you're doing really well
15:23What about a little walk around?
15:26It might do you and baby some good
15:28You know?
15:29Perhaps help to settle her?
15:31I'm alright here
15:32I could come with you
15:34No
15:35Only you watching over me
15:37Criticising me
15:39Honey, I wasn't criticising
15:41I'm sorry if you thought I was
15:44I was just trying to help
15:46Course you were
15:47And please
15:48Don't call me honey
16:00Hello Nigel
16:01Sorry
16:11That clearly didn't suit
16:13Oh ladies, you are being diligent
16:19You can keep this up when you get home tomorrow
16:22Settle back in bed now
16:23It's feeding time
16:24I brought little Rebecca in first
16:27As she seems quite peckish
16:29We'll fetch the others in a moment
16:31Can't you feed my nurse?
16:32I'm so tired
16:34I can't see any harm in you
16:35Catching up with some rest
16:39You are lucky
16:40This I cannot ask of others
16:42Well, you do things differently, don't you?
16:55Is that a rum barbar?
16:57I've often stopped to admire them in the cake shop window
17:02May I be of assistance?
17:04I need to book in baby Edwards to see doctor
17:07Sir Cuthbert sent him home with undiagnosed tongue tie
17:10Not feeding and not gaining weight
17:12I don't suppose we could get him in today
17:14Surgery is full
17:16I can create a space at ten past five
17:20Thank you, I'm in your debt
17:22In which case I would appreciate a favour
17:25It involves assistance with the cups
17:28I see
17:29I assured Nurse Crane we would complete all elements of the bronze and silver arrow badges
17:35Before she returned from Devonshire
17:37And I fear that we are going to fail her
17:40What's the stumbling block?
17:41What's the stumbling block?
17:42It's a section called know your area
17:44I've just telephoned St Cuthbert's to inquire about Albert Butler
17:48That nice old man
17:50He died last night
17:52Viles disease
17:54Which is spread by rats and in contaminated water
17:57I wondered how long it would be before that rubbish dump claimed somebody's life
18:01The first fatality
18:02The first fatality
18:03I'm worried it won't be the last
18:09Mum
18:10Mum
18:11What is it Reggie?
18:12I need my toilet paper
18:15Oh love
18:17I heard you getting up in the night
18:19But I didn't realise you were poorly
18:21Have you been sick as well?
18:22It's the other end that's gone wrong
18:26I need to feed Nigel
18:28I need Nigel
18:29Well never mind about Nigel
18:31I'm going to get you some flat pop
18:33And some kaolin and morphine
18:35And more toilet paper
18:37Hmm
18:39I'm discharging myself with immediate effect
18:41Mrs. Midgley this is most irregular
18:43Tell you what's irregular
18:45The amount of shut-eye I get in there
18:47I can hardly string an air slate
18:48There's not much going on
18:49Mrs. Midgley what are you doing dressed?
18:52Mrs. Midgley has announced her intention of returning home
18:56But that won't do at all
18:58Baby's barely two days old and you need our care
19:01Meanwhile I've got a nine year old
19:03And a six year old to care for
19:04And a bakery to run
19:06Now I'm going to put a coat and a hat on my baby
19:08And I'd like you to telephone my husband
19:15Nigel
19:17Whatever's the matter you poor little thing
19:21Oh that's Andy
19:23Violet just called me to tell me to give him his pictures
19:26Come on Nigel, room service awaits
19:28Fred, I don't think he's very well
19:31I'd stick with the good old fashioned tummy bug remedies until further notice Violet
19:41I honestly don't think it's anything more sinister in Reggie's case
19:45Well thank you for casting your eye over him all the same
19:49Well I was passing
19:50With the news that somebody has died as a direct consequence of that monstrosity around the corner
19:56Which is itself a direct consequence of the bin men's strike
20:00I'm not a fool Dr. Turner
20:03I do know that this debacle probably caused Reggie's chippy tum
20:07Because of my position
20:10I've been trying to take a dispassionate view
20:13But once people start dying
20:16Or even getting knocked off their feet with the trots
20:19Dispassion gets a bit harder to maintain
20:22Enough is enough
20:25I'm taking up the cudgels
20:33Hope I'm not developing an allergy to cats Nigel
20:36We've been good friends until now
20:45That's right little chap
20:47Sleep's the best medicine for you
20:49Resilind?
20:52Brad let me in
20:54I found Nigel ill on the street
20:55And I didn't want to leave him on his own
20:57Oh
21:01Hello my friend
21:02What's the matter?
21:04He keeps trembling
21:05And I can't convince him to eat or drink anything
21:08He feels cold
21:10You want to try some pillages from afar?
21:13That special way you like them?
21:15Thank you for looking after him
21:22I think it's you he wants
21:26Today
21:30Rather than working in our usual sixes
21:34We're joining forces as a team
21:36Ow!
21:37I saw that Abdul
21:38Those of you working towards your arrow badges
21:42This part will involve going about the local area
21:45And noting places of interest and history in our community
21:49When we return
21:51You will each report back three facts about the site
21:55That interested you most
21:57Are you ready?
21:58Yeah!
21:59Here comes Baloo
22:01So we're all set
22:02I'm terribly sorry Pack
22:05But there's been a change of plan
22:07Tonight's session will be in the hall
22:10As the refuse site makes it too dangerous for us to venture out in Poplar
22:17But the rubbish dumps exciting
22:20Precisely
22:21Instead we will have to use the directories
22:24And map
22:25And
22:26Our trusty A to Z
22:41Goodnight Cyril
22:42Goodnight
22:43There's plenty to go around
22:52This is no way to achieve your badges
22:54This is
22:55This is
22:56Boring
23:03Can I have butter on this?
23:05No
23:06Dry toast is all you're getting until we're sure we've got this tummy bug on the run
23:13Oh
23:16You're looking perkier
23:22What's this homework?
23:23Ammunition for the next meeting
23:25Thank goodness for Miss Higgins and her intelligence network
23:29Diarrhea and vomiting are not notifiable diseases
23:33So they've been going under the radar
23:35In the past week there have been 24 cases in just three GP surgeries
23:42Better go down to cash and carry and stock up on bog roll
23:46I don't think so
23:47That would be profiteering
23:50Just when you thought life couldn't get any more exciting
23:54I found some mini Swiss rolls in the cupboard and rustled out some Horlicks
23:57Oh gosh
23:59Thank you
24:00I've just realised I didn't eat anything this evening
24:02Maybe that's why her face is pale as paper
24:05She has big dark rings round her eyes as well
24:09I'm not liking this at all
24:11I must confess I've got a dreadful headache
24:13I'm fetching you some aspirin
24:21You'll get some food and drink and cider
24:24I'm running a fever aren't I?
24:27Yes sweetie you are
24:29Come on my friend
24:33Just try
24:35Please just try
24:37In the morning I'm gonna take you to the vet
24:49I don't even know where the vet is because you were never sick before
24:53You're always full of life and adventure
24:57Marauding your way all over Poplar
25:00Coming home and telling me all about it
25:02What mice you killed
25:03What mice you killed
25:05What walls you walked along
25:09We need to get you back on your feet
25:11I need to see you sitting on your step in the sunshine
25:15Waiting for me
25:20I need you to last till the morning
25:22So I can take you to the vet
25:23Come on, come on, she's not gonna wait for you
25:39Not that one, that's one of the old ones
25:44If you wanted to be waited on hand, foot and finger
25:47You should have stayed at the maternity home
25:50Well I told you they changed the rules
25:52I was round ragged doing exercises every five minutes
25:56You've got to get the bread on
25:58And the boys to school
26:00Come on, lads
26:01Don't leave me, Nigel
26:02Don't leave me, Nigel
26:03Don't leave me, Nigel
26:04Don't leave me, Nigel
26:22Poor little man
26:24I'm a poor friend
26:25Your boyfriend
26:30Your friend
26:46No
26:48You shouldn't be able to try it
26:50I don't think I can get back there on my own
26:52Don't even try it
26:54I'm going to help you
26:56I tried taking my pulse earlier, but it really wasn't very reassuring
26:59It's time for you to be the patient now, and let others look after you
27:16I think I know what this is, but I want it confirmed in hospital
27:20Hospital?
27:22Hospital?
27:24I'll come with you
27:26In the ambulance, if necessary
27:30The sooner we get you there, the better, I think
27:32Thank you, Fred
27:46It'll be nice knowing he's nearby
27:48I imagine you want to say a prayer, I'll stand back, and when you're finished, I'll cover him up
27:53I'm not generally sentimental about animals, but I'm going to miss his little face
28:07We were strays together
28:09He had no one and I had no one when we met
28:11He wasn't too keen on the flat being a church, and I wasn't too keen on the smell of pilchards, but we made her home together
28:21I used to wonder what he would do if Lucille came back
28:25I suppose that's immaterial now
28:28She is never coming back
28:31I hoped for so long
28:34I prayed for even longer
28:37Even after she asked for a divorce
28:39I see
28:41I prayed because I didn't know what to say
28:44Whether I should fight on or just give in
28:49And in the end, it wasn't God that gave me the answer
28:53It was Nigel
28:56How did he do that?
28:59I'll tell you one day
29:00But I am going to get a divorce
29:20Hold up
29:22There's an ambulance pulling up at Lenart's house
29:25Could there be something around with Sister Monica Joan?
29:27Pick any flowers you want
29:29I'll report back
29:34This way
29:39Midwife calling
29:42Good morning, Mrs Bidgley
29:44I was hoping I'd see you again
29:47Sister Katrin will take a look at baby and I will cast my eye over you
29:51Once you've put that cigarette out
29:53This is my house
29:54We play by my rules
29:55Apart from when I'm examining you
29:58And while I do that, you have to play by mine
30:08And what about your nipples? Are they so?
30:11Well, I would have said if they were, wouldn't I?
30:14It is my job to check, Mrs Midgley
30:17So our nipples can be very painful
30:19And we wouldn't want you experiencing any unnecessary discomfort
30:22I said they're fine
30:25Umbilicus is clean and free from infection
30:28Oh dear little one
30:32Perhaps getting out to this room
30:35Walking baby around the flat might do a boat some good
30:38We don't need to walk around
30:40We need to rest
30:42It worked with the boys, it will work with her
30:43Well, every baby's different
30:45And I have to say, I agree with Nurse Hyland, you know
30:49Lying in bed all day won't do you any good
30:52She's a bad influence on you
30:54Give me my baby and get out
30:56I haven't completed your examination, Mrs Midgley
30:59Yes, you have
31:01Go
31:02Oh, excuse me, madam
31:13I'm from Thames Radio, London
31:15May I ask for your opinion on the dustman's strike?
31:18You certainly may
31:20I, along with many others, am living in a state of siege
31:25I cannot open my windows
31:27I am unable to have my milk delivered
31:29I'm spraying eau de cologne about as if it were tap water
31:34I am now about to walk to my work in a hard-pressed doctor's surgery
31:40Because that eyesore prevents me from moving my car
31:46Perhaps while she's at the doctor's surgery, she may locate her backbone
31:52Pardon me?
31:53This is merely a transient inconvenience
31:58What has become of the population's moral fibre?
32:03Radio Times London
32:05Would you care to elaborate, madam?
32:07Yes
32:09Yes, I would
32:14Should I write down that she threw us out in my notes?
32:17It happens
32:18The usual phrase is mother declined attention at this visit
32:21That's a polite way of putting it
32:24I thought she was very rude to you
32:32It would appear that I can confirm the GP's suspicion of vial disease
32:38The blood tests are also showing some compromised kidney function
32:43It's all right, Rosalyn
32:46Now they know what it is, they can concentrate on bringing the fever down
32:50Penicillin is the treatment of choice
32:52Uh, intravenous in this case
32:54If we don't get the infection on the run in the next 24 hours
32:58Well, we're entering very difficult territory
33:01Trixie
33:06Trixie
33:07Will you pray with me?
33:09Oh, sweetie
33:10There are so many people
33:12So much better at that than me
33:14Please
33:16I can't get the words straight in my head
33:18As I heard
33:23You close your eyes
33:25And I'll close mine
33:26I'll bet she got four marks off the midwives
33:36I wouldn't know
33:37I'll send them packing
33:39What for?
33:40Because I can't stand that West Indian
33:43She thinks she's everybody
33:44Keeps telling me what to do
33:45Well, she's wasting her time there
33:47Yeah
33:49How about I bring you a cup of tea and a cream hall?
33:53Oh, that's the best medicine in the world
33:58Who needs the national elf?
34:04Oh!
34:15How is Nurse Clifford?
34:16She has Vials disease
34:19She's obviously extremely poorly
34:21It's a matter of
34:22Watch and wait
34:23And see if
34:24The penicillin works
34:26Can I go to see her?
34:28She must need a toothbrush and some night clothes
34:31They asked me to leave
34:33She's considered to be critical
34:35It's critical
34:45Doctor?
34:49Can I see my notes?
34:51Not just now
34:54I need to know if I'm getting worse
34:57I feel worse
34:58We're going to change your treatment
35:01Let's see if that'll turn things around
35:02I'll turn things around
35:12Bruce?
35:14Where's baby?
35:15Maybe?
35:17Oh!
35:20Oh!
35:22Oh!
35:24Oh!
35:25Oh!
35:27Oh!
35:28Maybe Nurse Clifford got it off of Nigel
35:31That cat had a rat in its mouth every time I saw him
35:34That was Mr. Midgley on the telephone
35:36His wife isn't feeling very well
35:39Nurse Highland
35:41Would you please add her to your rounds this morning?
35:43Of course, sister
35:45Would you like me to observe, Sister Julianne?
35:48No, thank you, sister
35:50You will be required at the maternity home today
36:01I wondered if I might please inquire about Nurse Clifford
36:05Rosalind's very ill, Cyril
36:08Are you able to tell me what it is that ails her?
36:11Yes, I know she's your friend
36:13But I think it might be sensible for you to pay a visit to Dr. Turner
36:17Oh!
36:23The rest Indian chums back
36:25Oh, for crying out loud
36:27She's in a right state
36:29She says her legs agony and she's burning up
36:32Mrs. Midgley, may I take a look at your leg, please?
36:35No!
36:37Can't you get one of the other nurses?
36:39No
36:43Mrs. Midgley, I can see from here your calf is red
36:46and you're in a lot of pain
36:48I think you might be quite unwell
36:50I am unwell
36:52And shall I tell you why?
36:54I haven't been right since you were ordering me out of my bed at that maternity home
36:59I never wanted a black person touching me then
37:02and I sure as hell don't want one touching me now
37:05Come on, Bernie
37:08I will ask Dr. Turner to visit as a matter of urgency
37:12and arrange for another midwife to see to the baby
37:15Yeah, Miss Higgins?
37:16This is Nurse Ireland
37:17Please can you send Dr. Turner to Bernadette Midgley as soon as possible?
37:20I think she might have a deep vein thrombosis in her leg and she refuses to let me examine her
37:25Refuses to let you examine her?
37:26Refuses to let you examine her?
37:27On what grounds?
37:28For now that does not matter, please?
37:29Just send him as soon as you can
37:30I understand
37:32Okay
37:33God sends us snowing winter
37:34Can you send Dr. Turner to Bernadette Midgley as soon as possible?
37:37I think she might have a deep vein thrombosis in her leg and she refuses to let me examine her.
37:43Refuses to let you examine her? On what grounds?
37:47For now, that does not matter. Please, just send him as soon as you can.
37:53I understand.
37:54Okay.
37:57God sends us snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain.
38:04The breezes and the sunshine and soft, refreshing rain.
38:09Would you cease your warbling about some rustic idyll?
38:13There are far more important matters at work.
38:17And now to the matter of the refuge strike in Tower Hamlets.
38:20I'm standing next to the largest collection site in Poplar with Sister Monica Joan of the Order of St Raymond Nonnatus.
38:27Sister, what do you make of all this?
38:30It's you. Indeed, tis I.
38:33I am of the view that the local population is demonstrating an absolute absence of backbone.
38:42This tip is unsightly and malodorous and it is inconvenient, but it can be endured just as we endured the Great War.
38:55Oh, this is minor chapter in our history.
39:00It will pass, as all things do.
39:03Thank you, sister.
39:04I wonder, sister, might I ask for a little of your time?
39:12Time I have in abundance and in superfluity.
39:17Take what you wish.
39:19My only desire is that you use it well.
39:23I'm sorry about your cat.
39:37He was a good friend.
39:39And I'm sure he did not intend to go around spreading disease.
39:41Any flu-like symptoms, a diarrhoea, jaundice, you come straight to the surgery.
39:48Or telephone if it's out of my eyes.
39:50But if a few days pass, you may well have escaped it.
39:54What are the chances of recovery for those who do not escape you?
39:58It very much depends upon their age, general condition, and how quickly they're treated.
40:06Better be fatal.
40:08I don't think you have anything to worry about.
40:15So the whole of the population has become a dumping ground.
40:19Somewhere where everything no-one wants to think about gets cut.
40:24I ought to be able to sort this out, Fred.
40:27Or the council should.
40:29Maybe you can't.
40:30Maybe they can't.
40:33Maybe the answer is higher up the...
40:35What do you call it?
40:36The food chain.
40:38In the army, we used to call it the chain of command.
40:41I may lack power, but I'm not short on humility.
40:46Well, it's never too late to get a new perspective.
40:51I'm taking this to the head of the GLC.
40:57Well, you're awake.
41:01You've been asleep a long time.
41:04Is that good or bad?
41:07Let's see what this says.
41:09I need to make a telephone call.
41:15I'm not keen on this.
41:19Mrs. Midgley, would you breathe in for me?
41:22And out again.
41:29Does that hurt?
41:31Oh, I don't know.
41:32It feels like everything hurts.
41:34It's mostly my leg.
41:36The pain in your leg seems to be caused by a blood clot.
41:39I'm sending you straight to hospital in an ambulance.
41:44This is all her flaming midwife's fault.
41:47She never looked after me properly.
41:49The trainee midwife?
41:51Sister Catherine?
41:52No.
41:53The West Indian.
41:55Nurse Highland?
41:57She's supposed to be qualified.
41:58If I'd died, it would have been her fault.
42:03Do you hear me?
42:04At Narnata's house, Sister Julianne speaking.
42:12Sister Julianne, I'm so sorry to be absent when we're already short-staffed.
42:17Nurse Clifford, I'm just pleased that you're well enough to call.
42:23I'm well enough to be discharged.
42:25I'm sure I am.
42:26My temperature and pulse are improving, but they say that I won't see the doctor again until the morning.
42:30You must not worry.
42:33You're ill.
42:35You must think of nothing.
42:37Nothing but rest and recovery.
42:41I'm worried about Pastor Robinson's cat.
42:47From the Great War to the General Strike to the Blitz and the Big Freeze.
42:56Now, what would you like to know about Poplar?
42:59Oh, oh, is it true that the new block of flood was once a bomb site?
43:04Yes.
43:05And before that, it was a school.
43:08No.
43:09Were all the children all right?
43:11They were, as were their teachers.
43:15Luckily, the bomb came down during the night.
43:19What happened if the bomb came down in the day, though?
43:21Did the children get let off school?
43:24No, child.
43:25Lessons were conducted in the bomb shelter, as were doctor's surgeries and prayers with Vickers.
43:34Wow!
43:38Bernie Midgley says she intends to make a formal complaint against Joyce.
43:42She insists that she failed to examine her properly, and therefore missed the thrombosis.
43:49Never.
43:51Nurse Highland is one of the most assiduous, meticulous midwives I've ever known.
43:55And meanwhile, Mrs Midgley smokes, is on the heavy side, and has scarcely been out of bed since giving birth.
44:02According to Joyce, Mrs Midgley turned her away, refused to be examined.
44:10And that was why she called the surgery, asking for an urgent house call.
44:14Oh, but Sister Catherine wasn't with her.
44:17She was needed at the maternity home this morning.
44:21It's going to be Joyce's word against Bernie Midgley's.
44:24Allegations are allegations.
44:25Sir, I brought you some grapes, from me and Nigel.
44:37Poor Nigel.
44:39And all the way here, I kept thinking I should have brought you flowers.
44:45Flowers?
44:46Flowers?
44:55There aren't many vitamins in flowers.
44:59Grapes are full of them.
45:09And that is that, I'm afraid.
45:12Haven't you got any other stories?
45:15Oh, Cub, Sister Monica Joan needs to go to her home now.
45:19This is not the end, though.
45:21You must relay what you have learned to your leaders.
45:26They shall.
45:27And I am willing to help.
45:30I suspect Nigel's up in heaven now, eating pilchards to his heart's content.
45:45I hope he is.
45:46Because in departing this life, he left me a great gift.
45:52I'm not saying it didn't make me cry.
45:55I'm not even saying it was welcome to begin with.
46:00But then I knew I had to accept it.
46:02Because it was true.
46:05What was true?
46:07That I cannot be an island.
46:10That I am not made to be alone.
46:11I could not have wept for him as I did if he had not become my everything.
46:20If he had not been all I had.
46:23You aren't alone.
46:26You have friends and a church.
46:30And you're married, Cyril.
46:35Lucille's made a life over there.
46:37And while I was waiting for her, I made a life over here.
46:40She isn't coming back.
46:45And we have...
46:47We have decided to divorce.
46:54Don't you have to commit adultery for that?
46:57Not these days.
46:59It can be done honorably and with decency.
47:03It does not need to be anybody's fault.
47:05I cannot know what the future holds.
47:16But I know I don't want to face it as a single man.
47:23You can let go of my hand if you want to.
47:28I don't want to.
47:50One moment, sir, if you don't mind.
47:55We've just been joined by Dr. Turner.
47:57I've laid out the case for the removal of the rubbish from a civic point of view.
48:01He now needs to understand the medical concerns from someone qualified.
48:05I knew something was amiss.
48:14She has a fever, and even though she wouldn't let me examine her,
48:18the pain she described in her leg rang terrible alarm bells.
48:21That was why I rang the surgery immediately.
48:25I wish I had just called an ambulance now.
48:27Do you think Mrs. Midgley's judgment might have been affected by her fever?
48:34I think perhaps it might have been affected by something else.
48:40Can you elaborate?
48:42We need all the information we can gather.
48:47Bernie Midgley is a character.
48:50She makes people laugh.
48:52She made instant friends out of the other midwives.
48:55And she did not treat me in the same way.
49:00I saw something similar in her attitude towards certain patients.
49:07I believe she objected to me because of the color of my skin.
49:15Is that something you've experienced before?
49:19I could laugh that you've even asked me that.
49:25Or I could cry.
49:31But...
49:32I can only do what I always do.
49:36And try to respond with dignity.
49:39Yes.
49:43In training.
49:45Yes.
49:46Yes.
49:47When I started on the wards.
49:50Yes.
49:50When I'm working in the district or in the maternity home.
49:55It is everywhere.
49:57And in everything.
49:58How do you survive it?
50:00I survive it because it is not all there is.
50:07Just as my skin is not all there is of me.
50:12Miss Ireland.
50:14I'm going to make sure this matter is fully investigated.
50:18On both sides.
50:33At least no one's going to mount a picket line against the army.
50:39Oh, they'd have me to contend with if they as much as tried.
50:46Thank you for joining forces.
50:48I think we make a good team.
50:50I was inches from death because of that woman's incompetence.
51:03In our view, Nurse Ireland has always been exceptionally competent.
51:08I am here because I need to find out exactly what has happened.
51:12What's happened is that you don't vet that lot properly.
51:18They tip up here from God knows where.
51:21You can't vouch for if they're properly qualified.
51:24Nurse Ireland was trained in England.
51:27Like the majority of her compatriots.
51:30What I feel we must ascertain is...
51:34Did she not even attempt to examine you?
51:38Or did she leave and beg the doctor...
51:40To make an urgent house call because you refused her care.
51:46And she was concerned.
51:48I know what she did.
51:52And I know what I'm going to do about it.
51:55Just so you don't think this is some idle threat.
52:00I made sure I got the full name...
52:04And the address of the supervisor of midwives.
52:08This is a major complaint.
52:14And I'm going to make it properly.
52:24She is here.
52:26Nurse Clifford is returned to us.
52:28Straight inside now.
52:45I detected a nip in the air.
52:47I've already put a hot water bottle in her bed.
52:49I'm so relieved to be home.
52:51You look infinitely better than the one I saw you last.
52:55There's a definite whiff of odour to St. Cuthbert's, though.
52:58I think a bubble bath beckons.
52:59Mrs. Midgley simply seemed to take a dislike to Nurse Highland.
53:14For no obvious reason.
53:17Or at least...
53:18No obvious reason that one would care to put a name to.
53:23Are you speaking of racial prejudice?
53:25Yes.
53:27I am speaking of racial prejudice.
53:30I didn't like it at the time.
53:31And I don't like it now.
53:34But I wasn't sure of Nurse Highland's point of view.
53:39What she perceived or how she felt about it.
53:43I didn't want to make things worse.
53:45By letting her know that I'd sensed it.
53:48Or seen it.
53:50And that's not right, is it?
53:51It's Mrs. Midgley's behaviour.
53:56That's not right.
53:58But we can do better.
54:00We will defend Nurse Highland with all our might and every tool at our disposal.
54:10Let me help you with your wound.
54:12Oh, thank you, Dr. Gary.
54:14God bless you.
54:16The mood down here's low.
54:18Do you have any suggestions how to keep the spirits up, sister?
54:23Gin rummy?
54:26Well done, Cubs!
54:27I smell of at least three different flowers, thanks to Trixie's bubble bath.
54:40Definitely roses, mimosa and geranium.
54:45Probably something else as well.
54:47Jasmine, maybe?
54:48Joyce, do you want to talk about the complaint?
54:58No.
54:59I do not want to talk about the complaint.
55:02There's going to be weeks, even months, where we talk about nothing but the complaint and the trouble I'm in.
55:10Tell me about something else.
55:14I'm going to go out with Cyril.
55:16The judge?
55:20No, not the judge.
55:23We're going to go out somewhere else.
55:27He's getting a divorce.
55:29And we're going to start spending some more time together.
55:35Don't.
55:38Child, please, don't.
55:40I know it's unusual.
55:42And he's still married, technically, but...
55:44It has nothing to do with him being married, or being divorced, or even being a pastor, which I doubt makes anyone a very exciting boyfriend.
55:53Joyce?
55:53You are from different worlds.
55:56The people who don't like him won't like you, and vice versa.
56:02And they won't be afraid of showing it, or saying it.
56:07It's going to be so hard.
56:10Too hard.
56:10And I don't want that for you.
56:15But what if it's something we want for ourselves?
56:19I've said my piece.
56:28Let me dry her.
56:29Perhaps it is not what we do with our rubbish that matters, but what we do with the things that we most treasure.
56:49The time for cherishing is short, the time for mourning, often longer.
56:56Lessons bloom from the dirt, and the flowers must be nurtured.
57:02A stem in careless hands can snap, and petals can be crushed.
57:08But the seed, and the shoot, have a power all their own.
57:16Water them, shield them, respect them.
57:21Then, love can render the fragile indestructible.
57:29Today is the big day.
57:31You've been waiting for this for such a long time.
57:33Nearly a year.
57:34If you don't tell us the truth and let us help you, baby, it's not going to be all right either.
57:38Don't hurt my baby.
57:39My peace of mind has so many enemies.
57:41Is it permissible to say that?
57:43I've been given a date for a disciplinary hearing.
57:45How can I trust in a process that might be as prejudiced as a person who made the complaint?
57:53And Call the Midwife will be back in two weeks' time.
57:56Sunsea and a new super sleuth in San Marie.
57:58Press read now for the latest series of Death in Paradise on BBC iPlayer.
58:02And could a romantic rivalry be lost in the letters?
58:06Cassandra relives her youth when Miss Austin continues next.
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