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Nurse Sutton, 37, Queens Court, Kenton Lane, Kenton. (Wordsworth
2052.)
Nurse Shaw, 29, Dryden Road, Harrow Weald. (Harrow 1601.)
Nurse Rees, 1, Masefield Avenue, Uxbridge Road, Stanmore. (GRI
2610.)
Nurse Speaight, 585, Honeypot Lane, Stanmore. (Wordsworth 5564.)
Nurse Mooney, 39, Malvern Gardens, Kenton. (Wordsworth 2153.)
Nurse Robertson, 83, Merlin Crescent, Edgware. (Edgware 1181.)
Nurse Francis, 68, St. Pauls Avenue, Kenton. (Wordsworth 1433.)
Nurse Hutnell, 14, Tiverton Road, Edgware. (Edgware 1378.)
Nurse Swann, 161, Courtenay Avenue, Headstone Lane, Wealdstone.
(Hatch End 2360.)
Midwives are required by the rules of the Central Midwives' Board
to carry out the ante-natal supervision of their patients. Some of these
are seen at the homes of the midwives ; others are seen at those maternity
and child welfare clinic buildings at which special sessions are held by
the midwives for this purpose. In addition, midwives attend the ordinary
ante-natal clinics attended by the County Council medical officers, particularly
when their own patients attend them.
In addition to the County Council's staff there were at the end of
the year 3 midwives living in the area whose work was almost entirely
restricted to domiciliary practice here, while as well there were 6 midwives
living out of the area but whose domiciliary practice extends into
this district.
3. Home Helps.
The County Council provides this service under Section 29 of the
National Health Service Act, under which a local health authority may
make such arrangements as the Minister may approve, for providing
domestic help for households where such help is required owing to the
presence of any person who is ill, lying-in, an expectant mother, mentally
defective, aged, or a child not over compulsory school age within the
meaning of the Education Act, 1944.
Helps are engaged full-time or part-time. They are paid by the
authority according to the financial circumstances of the household;
some, or all, of this sum is recovered from those who are helped.
The main demand for help is from those who are suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis. Although the hours of help required might
vary, the patient, once assisted, needs that help for a very long time.
Owing to the difficulty in finding accommodation in institutions for those
suffering from tuberculosis, largely because of the shortage of nursing
and domestic staff, this demand remains high and, in many households,
the help is required for long hours.
Another constant demand is for home helps at houses at which
women are being confined. In such cases, however, for most of them,
the help is provided only for two weeks. There is a constant demand
from the elderly who may, or may not be suffering from some disability.
To many, a very limited amount of help makes a considerable difference
to the person's comfort. There is as well a continuous demand from