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Note.—Maternity Benefit is 40s. In above Scale 10/- is added to charge in
respect of each benefit received. Maximum charge of 25s. and 21s.,
however, not to be exceeded.
Cases taken by Municipal Midwife during 1931.
Sister Leaton commenced duty on 21st September, 1931, from which
date until the end of the year she delivered eight cases and paid 128 antenatal
visits of which 6 and 45 were in respect of the arrangement with St.
Bartholomew's Hospital of which particulars are given below.
She attended 24 ante-natal and 7 post-natal Clinics.
Sister Christey, a State registered Nurse holding the Certificate of the
Central Midwives Board, was appointed as relief midwife at the week-ends
when Sister Leaton is off duty. Cases taken by her are included in the
foregoing table.
Arrangement with St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
The appointment of this officer made it possible for the Council to come
to an arrangement with St. Bartholomew's Hospital for the purpose of ensuring
so far as possible that a fully qualified person should always be in
attendance at maternity cases delivered by the students of that hospital in this
Borough.
The details of the scheme approved by St. Bartholomew's Hospital and
by this Council at their meeting in October are as follows : —
1. The Borough of Shoreditch is prepared to provide a Midwife to be
in attendance at all maternity cases conducted by Students from St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. The Hospital agrees to the principle of a Midwife being in
attendance to act as a Maternity Nurse in, cases attended by Students.
2, St. Bartholomew's Hospital agree to pay a capitation fee to the
Borough of Shoreditch for each case their Midwife attends. The fee suggested
is 15s. per case.