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46 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
It was found that in 1,879 of the births doctors had been in
attendance, while in 1,384 the services of midwives had been
utilised. 355 infants were born in hospitals and other institutions,
and 358 in the Council's Maternity Home. 12 mothers
employed unregistered women.
Midwives and Nursing Arrangements.
The supervision of midwives is under the control of the
London County Council, but there is full co-operation between
the midwives and the Health Visitors. 41 midwives practise in
the Borough, of whom 10 reside in neighbouring Boroughs.
There are 26 private maternity homes in the Borough, eight
of them being carried on by practising midwives.
Arrangements have been made with various nursing Associations
in the Borough for their nurses to attend cases of Measles,
Whooping Cough, Influenza, Pneumonia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum
and Infantile Diarrhoea, at my request, at a fee of 1s. 3d. per visit.
250 cases were visited during the year under these arrangements,
and 4,360 visits were made to them as shown in Table XXV.