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During the year, as the result of additional accommodation
being set aside in the London County Council Isolation Hospitals
for cases of Measles, it has been possible for medical practitioners
to secure removal of such cases by direct application.
At times, when the available accommodation in the hospitals
for cases of either Measles or Scarlet Fever is insufficient to permit
of the reception of all cases of those diseases, it is necessary for
application to be made to the Medical Officer of Health, who selects
those cases which in his opinion should be admitted to hospital.
MIDWIVES.
The Borough neither employs nor subsidises any practising
midwives.
There are three midwives resident in the Borough who attend
cases in Stoke Newington.
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
No. of Registered Maternity Homes in the Borough : 1.
No. of Registered Nursing Homes (other than Maternity) in
the Borough : Nil.
Borough Council's Scheme for the provision of services of
obstctric consultants:—
The Borough Council, in October, 1928, approved the recommendation
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
that a panel of four obstetrical consultants be formed any
of whom may be called in by medical practitioners in any
midwifery case which presents difficulty or abnormality.