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Midwives.
In the Metropolis, the supervising authority for midwives is the London County
Council. According to figures supplied by that authority, the number of midwives who, in
1931, had notified their intention to practise in St. Pancras was 46. Only 17 of this number
are engaged in private practice, the remainder are on the staff of various hospitals and
institutions in the Borough.
Private midwives are not subsidised by the Borough Council, but a subsidy is paid
for each approved necessitous case attended in the patient's home by midwives on the staff of
certain hospitals and by midwives employed by the Maternity Nursing Association,
The subsidy is not paid in cases where "Maternity benefit" is payable under the
National Health Insurance Act.
Midwifery.
There are a large number of institutions, situated either within or near the Borough,
which provide midwifery attendance, either at the patient's home or by admission as
in-patients.

* Attended by qualified staff.
It will be seen from the above table that full use is made of the institutional facilities
which are available.
The cases admitted as in-patients represented 41.4 per cent, and those attended at home
28.0 per cent, of the total number of St. Pancras births. As compared with the previous year,
there was a decrease in the number of cases attended at home and an increase in the number
of those admitted as in-patients.