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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,
Town Hall, 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 1938, 72.
The Maternity Bags were handed over to the Hammersmith
District Nursing Association when the Domiciliary
Midwifery Scheme was terminated in December 1937.
Consultants.—The provision of the services of four
Consulting Obstetricians whose services are at the disposal
of general practitioners in cases of difficulty or abnormality,
was continued upon the following terms:—
(1) That the patient must be a resident of Hammersmith.
(2) The medical practitioners immediately notify the
Medical Officer of Health that they have called in
the services of the Consultants, giving the name
and address of the patient, date of call, the reason
and the result.
(3) The Borough Council pay the fees of the Consultant,
but where the financial position justifies it,
the patient will be asked to pay a portion or the
whole of the fee.
No consultant was called in during the year.
Midwives.
The London County Council is the local Supervising
Authority and I am informed by the Chief Medical Officer
that 61 Midwives notified their intention to practice during
the year in this area.