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and home help, is £5 His. 8d., which is made up as
follows:—
£ s. d.
Midwife 3 16 8
Doctor 10 0
Home Help 1 10 0
The fees are recovered from the patient according to
income, and it may he said that the average fee recoverable
for the full service is approximately £2 18s. Od.
The service has the complete co-operation of the
Bromley and district general practitioners. It is difficult
to judge a service which has been in existence only for
two months; the figures show the necessity for such a
service. It can be said, however, that with the co-operation
of all parties responsible for the service, it is hoped to
reduce considerably the incidence of maternal deaths and
deaths of the newly born.
Midwives.
(i) The number of midwives practising in the area
of the Local Supervising Authority at the
31st December, 1937 22
(a) Employed by the Local
vising Authority 4
(b) Employed by Voluntary bodies 12
(c) In private practice 6
(ii) Number of cases attended by midwives 836
(a) As midwives 348
(b) As Maternity Nurses 488
(iii) Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned
bv a midwife under Sec. 14 (1) of the
Midwives Act, 1918 86
(a) Engaged in domiciliary practice 40
(b) In institutional practice 46
(iv) Number of domiciliary births during the year in
the area of the Local Supervising Authority 316
Administration of the Midwives Acts, 1902-1936.
No. of midwives practising in Bromley at the end
of the year 1936 23