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AREAS AND DUTIES OF MIDWIVES.
Five of the Hendon Borough Council midwives have
definite areas for which they are responsible, in Child's Hill,
Central Hendon, West Hendon, Colindale and Mill Hill/Edgware.
The sixth midwife is employed in relief-duty in any
area as required. The relief-midwife and the midwife for
the Mill Hill/Edgware area use their ears for their work,
one midwife uses a cycle, and the others rely on public
transport. It is hoped that very soon arrangements may be
made for night-transport of the Council's midwives by one of
the Council Departments. All the Hendon municipal midwives
except the relief-midwife attend their respective antenatal
Clinics each week, but at present the Watling District
Midwives do not attend the Council's ante-natal Clinic at
Watling, it is hoped, however, that they will be able to do so
early in 1939.
SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATES UNDER SECTION 5
OF THE 1936 ACT.
Under Section 5 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1936, one midwife
surrendered her C.M.B. Certificate in 1938 and was paid
compensation on a three-year basis. Under Section 5 (2) one
midwife was required to surrender her certificate in 1938 on
the grounds of age and was paid compensation on a five-year
basis.
NUMBER OF PRACTISING MIDWIVES.
The number of midwives practising at the end of 1938 in
Hendon was 39, viz.:—
Employed by the Hendon Borough Council 6
Employed by the Watling District NursingAssociation
(under Section 1 of the Midwives
Act, 1936) 3
Employed by other voluntary nursing associations
7
Employed in nursing-homes 9
In private practice 14
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