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Both these Clinics are staffed and managed entirely by the
Borough Council. The report of the Medical Officer in Charge, Dr.
Kidd, will be found on page 85.
Maternity Hospital Beds to which complicated cases
can be removed.
The Borough Council pays a subsidy per case for every Hampstead
woman confined in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and in return receives
letters of admission. 63 Hampstead women were confined in Queen
Charlotte's Hospital in 1920.
NATAL.
Assistance to ensure the mother having skilled and prompt
attendance during confinement at home.
Skilled Maternity Nursing.—By our agreements with the two
Nursing Associations this can be obtained for cases in any part of the
Borough. Both Nursing Associations now have fully trained nurses
appointed to attend maternity cases.
By this arrangement any woman can have a fully trained nurse
attend her together with her own doctor. A fee is charged the patient,
which is in accordance with her means and may be nothing in very
poor cases.
The number of cases thus nursed by the Associations during 1920
was:—
98 by the Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing
Association;
22 by the Hampstead District Nursing Association.
Midwives.—Arrangements have been made with both Nursing
Associations for the provision of a properly skilled and registered
midwife. The Borough Council guarantee each of the Associations
against the loss on the working of a fully trained midwife. The
conditions of this arrangement are as follows :—
1. That the midwives are competent and approved by the Council.
2. That their services are available for all women who need them.
3. That the ordinary fee of the district is charged, and that it is
only reduced or remitted when the circumstances of the case
justify this action.
4. That the Council may, if they desire, be represented upon the
Committee of Management of the Nursing Associations.