In the first decade the congregation had concerns about the rounds and weekly
runs of experienced midwives they had at their disposal.
When the Hungarian Reformed congregation separated themselves from the political
community in 1820 it certainly meant that either the midwives belonged to the
Reformed congregation or they had none at all.
This problem was remedied by the Evangelical community when a woman was
sent to Kula for an examination on the 22nd of November 1828 and paid 5 Florints
for it. In connection with this the
community considered it advisable to send a present with it worth 6 Florints, 46
Kronen to Kula. After a few years
(1835) the congregation collected 35 Florints to pay the tuition for a new
midwife. The miracle doctor Karl
Weber in Sekitsch received 3 Florints for the instruction of the midwife.
The Comitat's doctor was paid 10 Florints by the congregation for the
examination, etc. In 1834 the
community purchased the midwife Klistier and accessories for about 3 Florints,
45 Kronen.
These were the first such instruments in Feketitsch.
In 1853 the community was again compelled to pay for a midwife for 48 Florints,
11 Kronen.
When the community went to the parent community for its first local assembly on
the 4th of February 1860 the following was discussed: "The well respected pastor
shared the request with the midwife Catharina Antoni to apply for a bonus
because on the one hand our community had a small census but on the other hand
several of the community members used a second midwife, so it could not last. -
At the conclusion of the assembly the aforementioned midwives did not call upon
those of our community at a birth to receive two Guilders in Viennese currency.
- When the above mentioned midwife moved to Vrbas in 1861, she had to pay back
the tuition to the community.
Afterward there were already midwives who paid for their own education and set
up private practice if they were not employed by the state.
Such midwives included: Margaretha Exle, 1863; Susanna Schorr, 1862-1922;
Elisabetha Staub, 1871; Katharina Kinkel born Welker; Christina Bender born
Bellmann; Katharina Morell born Hauser and certified in 1896 in Segedin, stayed
in the occupation for 40 years and has been the community midwife since 1922.
It was desirable if the German women of our community want to continue to
dedicate themselves to this important and beautiful profession.
The importance placed on it today requires as much as possible the prerequisites
of 4 years of middle school and 1 year of specialist subjects.
