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Willesden 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 50.Fees Paid to Medical Practitioners under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918.January 1st to December 31st, 1935.

Table No. 50.

Fees Paid to Medical Practitioners under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918.

January 1st to December 31st, 1935.

Number of notifications of Sending for Medical Help122
„ „ „ in respect of which fees paid81
Total fees paid by Council£89 3s. 0d.

Table: Table No . 51.Cases in which the Council paid or contributed to the fee of a Midwife during 1935.

Table No . 51.

Cases in which the Council paid or contributed to the fee of a Midwife during 1935.

No. of cases.Fees paid by Council.
Midwife acting as Midwife154£303 5s. 0d.
Midwife acting as Maternity Nurse20£26 15s. 0d.
Total174£326 5s. 0d.

Table: Table No. 52.The following information was sent to the Ministry of Health on Form M.C.W. 96 (revised):— Midwives.

Table No. 52.

The following information was sent to the Ministry of Health on Form M.C.W. 96 (revised):— Midwives.

1. (a) Number practising in the area served by the Council for Maternity and Child Welfare at the end of the year49
(b) Number (i.) employed by the Council0
(ii.) directly subsidised by the Council0
(iii.) employed by Voluntary Associations in Willesden12(Queen's Nurses, 17/19, Park Avenue, Willesden—These act as Maternity Nurses —not as Midwives. 2 are allocated to Maternity nursing only. The remainder do Maternity Nursing as required.)
3(Queen Charlotte's Hospital District Nurses' Home, 40, Princess Road. Kilburn.)
(iv.) employed by Voluntary Associations outside Willesden7(Queen Charlotte's Hospital District Nurses' Home, North Kensington.) (Queen's District Nurses, Hampstead.)
(c) Number of cases during the year in which the Council paid or contributed to the fee of a midwife—
154 where the midwife was acting as a midwife.
20 where the midwife was acting as a maternity nurse.
II. (a) Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising Authority attended by midwives during the year:—
(i.) As midwives1,227
(ii.) As maternity nurses320
(b) Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising Authority in which medical aid was summoned during the year by a midwife under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918—122.