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Public Health Officers of the Local Authority.
These are enumerated in tabular form at the commencement
of the Report.
Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.
'Three voluntary Nursing Associations provide five nurses
for work in the district. These are not subsidized by the Local
Authority, but are supported by weekly contributions by
Members of the Associations and subscriptions from others.
The services of these nurses are also available to non-members
of the Associations for a small fee per visit.
(b) Infectious.
No nursing in the homes is carried out by the Staff of the
Health Department. It has not been found necessary during
the year to make use of the legislation which enables this
Authority to compel removal of infectious patients to hospital.
Midwives.
Arrangements were made during the year, in accordance
with conditions suggested by the Ministry of Health, to compensate
midwives for patients removed to hospital on the advice
of the Medical Officer of Health.
The administration of the Midwives Acts is carried out by
the Kent County Council which is the Local Supervising
Authority. Under the new Midwives Act now in Committee
stage at the time of writing this report, it will be the County
Council who will employ and supervise midwives working in this
area. It has been pointed out before that the supervision of
midwives might be done by your Staff with advantage to the
efficiency of the practice of midwifery. The provision of a
municipal midwifery service serves to emphasise this point.