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Provision of Midwives.
The Borough Council has a scheme whereby the local district
Nursing Associations provide for their nurses to attend confinements.
During 1933, the midwives of the Kilburn and West Hampstead
District Nursing Association attended 122 cases, whilst those of the
Hampstead District Nursing Association attended 28 cases. Of the
150 cases, 65 were attended in the company of a medical practitioner.
Patients are charged by the Associations according to their
means; in very poor cases no charge is made.
Infantile Mortality.
The infantile mortality rate for the Borough of Hampstead for
the year 1933 was 38. This compares with 54 for the previous year.
From the accompanying diagram the infantile mortality rate for
Hampstead is shown.
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.
No women died in, or in consequence of, child birth during 1933.
The maternal mortality rates in the two preceding years were 298
and 1.9 respectively.
Consulting Obstetricians.
The Council has inaugurated a scheme whereby the services of
obstetricians of consultant status are available to all medical practitioners
in cases of difficulty or abnormality occurring among Hampstead
mothers. The following are the consultants :—
Basden, Margaret, M.D., F.R.C.S., 114, Harley Street, W.1, and
26, Thurlow Road, N.W.3.
Brown, R. Christie, M.S., F.R.C.S., 40, Harley Street, W.1, and
292, Finchley Road, N.W.3.
Gray, Arthur O., M.D., F.R.C.S., 18, Harley Street, W.l.
Rivett, L. C., M.C., F.R.C.S., 118, Harley Street, W.l, and 3,
Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, N.W.1.
White, Norman, M.D., F.R.C.S., 19, Queen Anne Street, W.l,
and 55, Fitzroy Road, N.W.1.
Infant Life Protection.
Under the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the functions
of the County Council relating to Infant Life Protection under