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the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, so that when a call comes
concerning any such case, he is able forthwith to arrange for
an ambulance.
With regard to other cases who may have made their own
arrangements for confinement at the London Hospitals, the
Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade accepts a request for an
ambulance on the production of the patient's hospital-card of
admission.
As the Ambulance Services Sub-Committee do not provide
a nurse with the ambulance the following decisions have been
made:—
If a baby be already born when the ambulance arrives
for the removal of the woman to hospital, the woman is
not to be removed until at least one hour after the birth of
the baby unless a doctor has advised that removal may take
place before such an interval, and a doctor or certified midwife
must accompany the patient in the ambulance to
hospital.
If there is no doctor in attendance, the midwife must be
satisfied that the woman's condition is normal before the
removal takes place, and the midwife must accompany the
patient in the ambulance to hospital.
At the preliminary booking of an ambulance for conveyance
of the woman to hospital, she is informed that if
the baby happens to be born before the ambulance arrives,
the above rules will apply, and she is advised to acquaint
herself of the name and address of a doctor or midwife of
her choice, so that her relatives may be able to call upon
the services of such doctor or midwife in the emergency of
the baby's birth before the arrival of the ambulance.
NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Council do not supply directly any nursing-in-the-home
service. The two District Nursing Associations in the Borough,
however, do excellent work which is keenly appreciated by the
Council, and the Council have contributed £400 and £100 respectively
to the Wembley District Nursing Association and the
Kingsbury District Nursing Association.
Both these Associations are affiliated to the Queen's
Institute of District Nursing. The Wembley Association employed
eight nurses and the Kingsbury Association two nurses
during 1937.
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