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MIDWIVES.
The Borough Council does not employ any practising mid wives-
During the year the Borough Council paid a fee of £1 10s. Od.
to a midwife in respect of a necessitous maternity case.
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 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.
(c) That the Borough Council be responsible to the consulting
obstetrician for a fee of £5 5s. per case, inclusive,
covering any necessary subsequent visit.
The Scheme is intended to apply to those people who cannot
afford the consultant's ordinary fee.