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Midwives.
I. (a) The number of midwives practising in the
area served by the Local Authority for
Maternity and Child Welfare at the end
of 1936 was 23
(b) Number (i) employed by the Council —
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council
—
(iii) employed by Voluntary Associations
12
(c) Number of cases during the year in which
Council paid or contributed to the fee of a
midwife —
II. (a) Number of cases attended by midwives
during 1936:—
(i) as midwives 365
(ii) as maternity nurses 414
(b) Number of cases during 1936 in which
medical aid was summoned by a midwife
under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act,
1918 65
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the end
of the year 1935 19
No. of midwives giving notice of intention to
practice during the year 1936 31
No. of midwives removed from the local register
having left the district during 1936 8
No. of midwives practising in the area at the end
of the year 1936 23
Notifications Received.
Notices summoning medical aid 65
(a) Mothers 58
(b) Infants 7
Notices of Artificial Feeding 2
Stillbirths 2
Deaths 6
Laying out a Dead Body 6
Source of Infection 5