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viz., (Area B.), comprising, in addition, the City of London, and the
Boroughs of Holborn, Islington and St. Pancras. Four salaried
midwives are employed directly by the Council in this area, of which
one may be regarded as the Finsbury midwife.
In addition the following hospitals, etc. are included in the
Scheme for the Area :—
1. Middlesex Hospital.
2. Royal Free Hospital.
3. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
4. University College Hospital.
5. City of London Maternity Hospital.
6. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital.
7. Royal Northern Hospital.
8. Metropolitan District Nursing Association.
It should be noted that the three hospitals with whom the
Borough Council had an agreement for a complete midwifery scheme
are included in the scheme of the County Council. A scheme of
co-operation with the County Council was drawn up, and Ante-natal
Clinics established both at Leage Street and Pine Street Municipal
Welfare Centres, where the mothers booking the Finsbury midwife
could attend for ante-natal care should they so desire.
Arrangements were made by means of special forms for the
making of appointments, sending of ante-natal reports and the
submission of a report on the confinement and a post-natal report.
As the majority of the mothers book for their confinements
at one or other of the hospitals, the Ante-natal Clinics at Leage Street
and Pine Street were only occasionally utilised for those persons
booking the Finsbury midwife. Nine mothers made 31 attendances.
Scheme of the Borough Council.
Reference has been made in previous annual reports to the
complete scheme of the Borough Council, which had been in operation
for some years. As a result of the Act it became necessary for
the Borough Council to reconsider their scheme, the agreements
for which did not expire until September, 1939. The scheme of
the Borough Council provided not only for domiciliary midwifery,
but for in-patient treatment and medical ante- and post-natal care.
A new agreement was therefore entered into by the Borough Council,
which excluded arrangements for a domiciliary service, for which
the County Council were made responsible by the Act. A meeting