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14. Consultants.
Number of cases in which the services of a consultant have been
provided during the year for a private medical practitioner
under the Council's maternity arrangements:—3.
15. Home Helps.
Number of cases in which home helps have been provided
during the year (the number of cases where this assistance
has been given by Voluntary Agencies, by arrangement
with the Council, should, if possible, be stated
separately) :—15—under scheme of the Hampstead
Borough Council.
16. Midwives.
(a) Number practising in the area served by the Council for
maternity and child welfare at the end of the year. The
L,ondon County Council is the Authority.
(b) Number :
(i) employed by the Council :—Nil.
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council Nil.
(iii) employed by Voluntary Associations:-12 (included in
13 (a) (ii) above).
(<•) Number of cases during the year in which the Council paid
or contributed to the fee of a midwife:—61 cases nursed
by the midwives of the two local District Nursing Associations.
In two cases the Council contributed to the fee of
an independent midwife, owing to the patients being transferred
to Hospital.
17. Maternal Deaths.
(a) Number of women who died in, or in consequence of,
childbirth in the area served by the Council for maternity
and child welfare during the year:
(i) from sepsis :—2.
(ii) from other causes :—1.
(b) Number of these cases which died :
(i) at home :—1.
(ii) in institutions :—2.