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Portable Incubators
During the year the portable incubators held at main ambulance depots were
used on 40 occasions to transport premature or sick babies to hospital.
Hospital "Flying Squad" Service
There are two "Flying Squads" serving the Borough of Enfield, one based
at North Middlesex Hospital and the other at Chase Farm Hospital.
The squads, each of which is in the charge of an obstetrician, provide a 24-hour
emergency service for women in labour. During 1967 the squads answered 12
emergency calls. In the case of two babies death occurred.
Analgesia
The Central Midwives Board, which still has the matter under active review,
approves the use of trichloroethylene (trilene) inhalers. These are used by all the
domiciliary midwives.
Co-operation of Midwives with General Practitioners
A close liaison between midwives and family doctors is maintained throughout
the borough, and it is hoped to arrange for one or two preliminary attachment
schemes to start in 1968. Three midwives attended 53 ante-natal sessions conducted
by general medical practitioners at their own surgeries.
Notification of Intention to Practise
Thirty-two domiciliary midwives employed by the borough council and 139
institutional midwives employed at hospitals notified their intention to practise as
midwives within the borough during 1967.
Disposal of Placentae and Offensive Dressings
Disposal points are conveniently situated throughout the borough for use by
authorised persons. Means have been provided in recently built tall blocks of
council flats for disposal of offensive dressings, etc., by incineration.
(See Statistical Tables 13 and 14)
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