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NOTIFICATIONS.
In accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board,
the following notifications were received from midwives:—
Sending for Medical Aid 150
Still Births 3
Laying-out of the Dead 6
Artificial Feeding 5
Liability to be a source of Infection 10
The notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be
classified as follows:—
During Pregnancy 13
During Labour 103
During Lying-in Period 9
Infant 25
Where a doctor is called on a Medical Aid Form, his fee is
paid by the Council according to a scale laid down in the Act.
The Council then has the right to recover from the person responsible
for the maintenance of the patient, such sum as it may
deem wise.
During the year it was determined not to make such collection
in any case.
RETIREMENT OF MIDWIVES ON COMPENSATION.
The Midwives Act, 1936, provides that any midwife who,
within three years of the passing of the Act, desires to cease practice,
may surrender her Certificate to the Local Supervising Authority
and claim compensation. Alternatively, the Local Supervising
Authority may, within the same period, require a midwife to cease
practice, if it is of the opinion that she is incapable, by reason of
age or infirmity, of discharging her duties efficiently, and pay her
compensation.
At the end of 1938 four midwives had voluntarily surrendered
their Certificates. One midwife had been requested by the Local
Supervising Authority to surrender her Certificate. The total
amount paid out by the Authority in compensation amounted
to £2,497.
HELP WITH COST OF MIDWIVES' FEE.
In 21 cases help was granted in respect of the cost of a Midwife
This compares as follows with previous years:—
1935 36
1936 41
1937 38
1938 21