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Table No. 58.
The following information was sent to the Ministry of Health on Form M.C.W. 96 (revised):—
Domiciliary
Midwives.
Midwives in
Institutions.
Totals.
*1. Total number of Midwives practising at the end of the
year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority:—
(a) Employed by the Local Supervising Authority†
6
17
23
(b) Employed by other Welfare Councils—
(i) under arrangements made with the Local Supervising
Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives
Act, 1936
-
-
-
(ii) others—Middlesex County Council in the Central
Middlesex County Hospital
-
14
14
(c) Employed by Voluntary Associations—
(i) under arrangements made with the Local Supervising
Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives
Act, 1936
7½
-
7½
(ii) others
4
—
4
(d) In private practice
9
—
9
Totals
26½
31
57½
Domiciliary Cases. Cases in Institutions. Totals.
*2. Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising
Authority attended during the year by midwives :—
(a) Employed by the Council † As Midwives 469 930 1,399
As Maternity Nurses - 103 103
(b) Employed by other Welfare Councils-
(i) under arrangements made with
the Local Supervising
Authority in pursuance of
Section 1 of the Midwives Act,
1936
As Midwives — — —
As Maternity Nurses — — —
(ii) others — Middlesex County
Council in the Central Middlesex
County Hospital
As Midwives - 729 729
As Maternity Nurses - 56 56
(c) Employed by Voluntary Associations
(i) under arrangements made with
the Local Supervising Authority
in pursuance of Section 1
of the Midwives Act, 1936
As Midwives 166 — 166
As Maternity Nurses 280 — 280
(n) others
As Midwives 15 — 15
As Maternitv Nurses — — —
(d) In private practice
As Midwives 59 — 59
As Maternity Nurses 16 — 16
Totals As Midwives 709 1,659 2,368
As Maternity Nurses 296 159 455
3. Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned
during the year under Section 14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918,
by a midwife :—
(i) for domiciliary cases 181
(ii) for cases in institutions not applicable to either
Willesden Maternity Hospital or Central Middlesex
County Hospital Total 181
4. Administration of Analgesics :
(a) How many midwives in practice are qualified to
administer analgesics in accordance with the requirements
of the Central Midwives Board ? 7
(b) Have arrangements, approved by the Central Midwives For Council's Domiciliary Mid-
Board, been made for the instruction of midwives in wives—Yes.
the administration of analgesics at confinements ? For Council's Maternity Hospital
Midwives Arrangements
under consideration.
(c) Is apparatus for the administration of analgesics Yes—in Council's Maternity
supplied to midwives by the Council Hospital.
(d) In how many cases were analgesics administered by
midwives in domiciliary practice during the year ? In 55 Willesden cases.
* Midwives engaged both in domiciliary and institutional practice should be included only as domiciliary
midwives, although cases attended by them should be correctly separated into domiciliary or institutional
Where a midwife is employed by a local supervising authority in an institution situated in the area of another
local supervising authority, the midwife and the cases attended by her should be included against sub-heads (a) by the
employing authority only.