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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 : 1.
OBSTETRIC 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.
The following are the terms of the Scheme :—
(a) That the patient be a Stoke Newington resident.
(b) That the medical practitioner immediately informs the
Medical Officer of Health, when he has called in the
services of a consulting obstetrician, giving the name
of the consultant, the name and address of the patient,
the date of the case, the reason, and the result.