After Molly Brignall misses her fourth consecutive appointment at the clinic, Jenny visits her at home. She finds her patient well but the flat, which had been approved just a few weeks before for a home birth, is filthy. Her husband seems a bit off and a subsequent visit confirms that he is something of a domineering brute who has banned his mother-in-law from his house. It all leads to tragedy. Dr. Turner introduces surgical gas to reduce the pain of childbirth but most of the expectant mums are quite skeptical. Trixie and Sister Evangelina are called out to a Swedish cargo ship in port where the captain's daughter is about to give birth. When Sister Angelina dislocates her shoulder, it's up to Trixie to take charge.
—garykmcd