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Only those cases are undertaken who can safely and
suitably be confined in their homes. The Municipal Midwife
visits and reports on the home of those desiring her
services before the case is actually booked, and fees are
charged in accordance with a scale of income approved by
the Council.
The attendance of the Municipal Midwife at ante-natal
clinics in the Borough affords opportunities of seeing the
patients and having periodic reports concerning their health
and general condition. Fifteen cases were attended by the
municipal midwife in 1936.
2. Queen Charlotte's Hospital District Nurses, Longthorpe
Lodge, Goldhawk Road, W.12.
These nurses book and attend cases during confinement
and the puerperium in their homes in the district .
Number of cases attended in 1936 191
Ante-natal and post-natal clinics are held in connection
with these district cases.
Supply of Accouchement Outfits and Maternity Bags.
—Accouchement Outfits with all necessary equipment
for necessitous cases of confinement are available for
women resident in the Borough. These outfits may be
obtained on application at the Public Health Department,
Broadway Chambers, Hammersmith, W.6, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., and on Saturdays before 12 noon. Or in
emergency at the Hammersmith District Nursing Association,
10, Mall Boad, W.6, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.,
and at Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Boad, Shepherd's
Bush, at any time. Number of outfits used in 1936, 19.
Maternity Bags, filled with all necessities for the confinement
and lying-in period of the mother and for the
baby, are also supplied by the Borough Council for
necessitous cases who have booked the Municipal Midwife
for confinement on recommendation of the Medical Officer
of Health.