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The Rules of the Central Midwives Board lay down that the
Local Supervising Authority must be informed, within 36 hours,
by a midwife if she has summoned medical help during pregnancy,
in a confinement or within ten days afterwards. The following

The Council assists in the payment of the midwife's fees for
attendance on a necessitous patient in her confinement. No
attempt is made in such cases to recover from the patient. The
object of this is that even the poorest mother can engage the
Services of a competent midwife, whilst the latter will have no cause
hesitate to attend on the grounds that she will probably receive
no payment for her services. Midwives are also compensated if
they lose a case through admission to a hospital or maternity home
on the advice of the Ante-Natal Clinic. The sum of £64 2s. 6d.
was paid out during the year.