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Maternity and Child Welfare.
It was found that in 1,478 of the births doctors had been
in attendance, while in 1,461 the services of midwives had been
utilised. 798 infants were born in hospitals and other institutions,
and 223 in the Council's Maternity Home. One mother employed
an unregistered woman.
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 Is. 3d. per
visit. 121 cases were visited during the year under these arrangements,
and 2,247 visits were made to them as shown in Table XXX.