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14.—Consultants.
Number of cases in which the services of a consultant
have been provided during the year for a private medical
practitioner under the Council's maternity arrangements nil
15.—Home Helps.
Number of cases in which home helps have been
provided during the year (the numbers of cases where this
assistance has been given by Voluntary Agencies, by
arrangement with the Council, should, if possible, be stated
separately) nil
16.—Midwives.
I. (a) Number practising in the area served by the Council for maternity
and child welfare at the end of the year 9
(b) Number (i) employed by the Council nil
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council nil
(iii) employed by Voluntary Associations 29
(c) Number of cases during the year in which the Council
paid or contributed to the fee of a midwife nil
17.—Maternal Deaths.
(a) Number of women who died in, or in consequence of, childbirth
in the area served by the Council for maternity and child
welfare during the year:—
(i) from sepsis 1 (ii) from other causes 5
(b) Number of these cases which died:—
(i) at home nil (ii) in institutions 6
18.—Administration of Part I. of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by
Part V. of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932.
(a) Number of persons on the Register who were receiving children
for reward at the end of the year 22
(b) Number of children on the Register:—
(i) at the end of the year 24
(ii) who died during the year nil
(iii) on whom inquests were held during the year nil