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34 routine visits of inspection were made, while one special visit
of enquiry was necessary in connection with a case of puerperal
pyrexia which occurred in the practice of a midwife.
Payment of Fees.—-The Town Council paid to medical practitioners
called in by midwives, during the year under review,
fees amounting to £117 Is. Od. in respect of 90 claims submitted.
The Council has power to recover from the patient, or her husband,
the amount of the fee paid or such proportion of it as the financial
circumstances of the family justify. The amount of the fees
reclaimed was £39 3s. 8d.
Post-Certificate Instruction of Midwives.—The arrangements
made with the London County Council in previous years for midwives
resident in the Borough to attend the courses of lectures
and practical demonstrations organised by that authority were
continued during 1933, the Town Council being responsible for a
proportion of the cost based on the number of midwives who availed
themselves of the opportunity to attend.
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
The Town Council has been the authority responsible for the
administration of the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927,
since the 1st October, 1930.
Seven applications for registration were received during the
year, three being in respect of premises not previously used as
nursing homes, one in respect of premises formerly conducted
as a Christian Science Home and exempted by the Minister of
Health from the operation of the Nursing Homes Registration
Act, while the remaining three applications were in respect of
established nursing homes transferred to new ownership. Six
of these applications were approved by the Council, but in the
seventh the Council were unable to approve of the use of the
premises as a nursing home, or of the arrangements proposed with
regard to the nursing of the patients, and, after complying with
the requirements of Section 3 (1) of the Nursing Homes Registration
Act, made an order that the application be refused.