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