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(b) Co-operation between London County Council Hospitals and Clinic
Medical Officers.
(i) A letter was received from the London County Council stating
that the Council felt that a closer link could, with advantage to the
maternity services of London be established between the maternity
and child welfare clinics of the City Corporation and the Metropolitan
Borough Councils and the Council's general hospitals if the medical
officers in charge of the maternity and child welfare clinics were
permitted to be associated in an honorary capacity with the maternity
departments and ante-natal clinics at the Council's hospitals.
For some time past there had been co-operation between the Clinic
Medical Officers of this Borough and St. Andrew's Hospital. With the
co-operation of the Medical Superintendent of St. Andrew's one Conference
had already been held between the Medical Superintendent, the
Consulting Obstetrician, the Borough Council Clinic Medical Officers
and Medical Officers of the Royal College of St. Katharine.
As the Clinic Medical Officers were only part-time Officers, the
Council adopted a recommendation of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee:—
"That in order to maintain complete co-operation between
medical officers of the Borough Council, the Royal College of
St. Katharine Ante-Natal Clinics and the officers in charge of
Maternity and Ante-Natal Departments of St. Andrew's Hospital,
the Council agrees to the suggestion that the Medical Officer of Health
be associated in an honorary capacity with the Maternity and AnteNatal
Departments of St. Andrew's Hospital to ensure this cooperation,
and through him, the Clinic Medical Officers to have
meetings with the staff of St. Andrew's Hospital when desired by
either party, a definite meeting to be held every six months, and
that the London County Council be so informed.''
(ii) Training of Midwives.—At the request of the Matron of
St. Andrew's Hospital, arrangements were made for nurses undergoing
midwifery training at St. Andrew's Hospital to visit the Maternity
and Child Welfare Clinics in order that they may have some knowledge
the work carried on at Infant Consultation. 20 nurse-midwives
attended our clinics during the year.