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Tottenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Maternity Hospital Provision.
Arrangements for maternity hospital beds have been made as
heretofore with the North Middlesex Hospital and the Mothers'
Hospital, Clapton. Other cases have been admitted to maternity
hospitals within the London region by private arrangements made
by the patients.
Under Ministry of Health circular 85/1948, dated 3rd June,
the evacuation scheme for confinements was closed down.
The following table shows the distribution of hospital confinements:—
| The Mothers' Hospital, Clapton | 185 |
| The North Middlesex Hospital | 255 |
| Other London Hospitals | 200 |
| Under the "Evacuation" scheme | 14 |
| Total hospital confinements | 654 |
Municipal Midwifery Service and Hospital Saturday Fund
Vouchers.
In March, 1948, the offer was accepted of the Hospital
Saturday Fund Association to pay £1 12s. 6d. per case for
Municipal Domiciliary Midwifery cases, in respect of members of
the Hospital Saturday Fund resident within the Borough; no
further fee to be collected from the patients. This was in line
with the arrangement already in operation for the Hospital
Savings Association.
Midwives Acts, 1902-1926: Medical Practitioners Fees Regulations,
1948, S.I. No. 695.
Under the Ministry of Health circular 51/48 the revision of
fees to medical practitioners called in by midwives became effective
as from April 18th.
The Midwives Salaries Committee : Consolidated Recommendations :
Midwives S.C. Notes No. 5.
These recommendations were adopted by the Maternity and
Child Welfare Committee in February.