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12.—The Hospital agrees with the Authority that :—
(i) Any difference or dispute between the Authority and the Hospital arising out of this
Agreement shall be referred to a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties,
or, in default of agreement, by the Minister of Health, and
(ii) This Agreement shall have effect as from the 31st July, 1937, and shall continue in
force, subject to any variations which may be agreed between the Authority and the Hospital,
until it is determined either by agreement between the said parties or by not less than six
months' notice in writing terminating on the 31st day of March in any year given with the
consent of the Minister by either of the said parties.
First Schedule.
No. of Midwives
Area to be served. to be employed.
The area bounded on the north by the L.M.S. Railway,
on the west by and including Claremont Road,
and on the soiith and east by the boundaries of
Willesden Three.
Second Schedule.
The midwives to be employed under this Agreement shall be fully trained general nurses holding
"the C.M.B. Certificate. This condition, however, shall not apply to the midwives who at the date of
this Agreement are employed at Queen Charlotte's District Home, Kilburn, but shall apply to their
successors. The salaries of midwives employed by the Hospital under the terms of this Agreement shall
be £105 rising by annual increments of £15 to £195 per annum with, in addition, board and lodging of
a cash value estimated at £150. Superannuation in accordance with the Federated Superannuation
Scheme for Nurses and Hospital Officers. Travelling allowances—car provided.
Third Schedule.
One half of the fees set out in the Council's economic circumstances scale applicable to patients
confined or treated at the Council's Maternity Hospital.
APPENDIX II.
Heads of Agreement to be made between the Corporation of Willesden as the Local Supervising
Authority under the Midwives Acts, 1902-36, and the Willesden District Nursing Association.
1.—The Willesden District Nursing Association (hereinafter called " the Association ") undertakes
to employ for the area indicated in the first column of the First Schedule the number of certified
midwives specified in relation thereto in the second column of the schedule, and in addition undertakes
to employ such number of certified midwives as may be necessary to provide for the temporary
replacement of such of the midwives employed for the area in question as may from time to time be
rendered unavailable for service.
2.—The Association will make such arrangements as will secure, so far as practicable, that the
number of midwives specified in the First Schedule in relation to the area are always available for
service in the area.
3.—The midwives provided under this Agreement shall be the whole-time servants of the
Association.
4.—The midwives so employed shall be available for attendance on women in their own homes
as maternity nurses in childbirth, and afterwards as may be necessary in conformity with the rules
for the time being of the Central Midwives Board.
5.—The qualifications, salaries and other emoluments paid to the midwives so employed shall be
those specified in the Second Schedule hereto.
6.—The Association shall supply the Authority with a list of the names and addresses of the
midwives employed by them in pursuance of this Agreement, and shall forthwith inform the Authority
of any change in the list.
7.—The Association shall forward to the Medical Officer of Health of the Authority on forms to
be provided by the Authority the names and addresses and such other particulars as may be required
of all cases nursed by the Willesden District Nursing Association under this Agreement within 48 hours
of booking.
8.—The Association shall keep records of the cases attended by the midwives employed by them
in pursuance of this Agreement, and of the numbers of their attendances in each case.
9.—The Authority will charge fees to patients in accordance with the scale in the Third Schedule
and Section 3 of the Midwives Act, 1936. The economic circumstances of patients shall not be
enquired into by the Association. No fees shall be accepted by the Association from or on behalf of
any patient attended by the midwives under this Agreement.