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instructions for a copy of such report to be circulated to each member of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Arising out of such report—
Recommended : That the following proposals be submitted to the Ministry
of Health under section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936 :—
(a) Ten midwives to be appointed under the Scheme ;
(b) The allocation of such midwives to be as set out hereunder, viz.,
Barkingside and North Hainault Wards 3
Park and Cranbrook Wards 1
Loxford and Clementswood Wards 3
South Hainault and Seven Kings Wards 2
Goodmayes Ward 1
(2) The salaries and allowances to be paid to such midwives shall be as
follows, viz.,
Annual salary of midwives who are State Registered
Nurses .£200 by £10 annually to £250.
Annual salary of midwives who are not State
Registered Nurses £180 by £5 annually to £220;
all midwives to be paid in addition the following allowances :—
Uniform £10 per annum.
Cycle As Council's Scale.
Equipment £3 on appointment, plus £3
per annum for renewals.
Telephone Payment of rental and all
official calls.
(3) The holidays allowed to be 16 days yearly (18 after 5 years); 1 day and
1$ days alternate weeks.
(4) A grant to be made to the Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital
commensurate with the number of cases attended by them.
(5) A Superintendent of Midwives to be appointed at a commencing salary
of £300 by £10 to £350 per annum, plus allowances (except cycle) mentioned
in (2), and car allowance in accordance with the Council's scale.
(6) The fees for the attendance of midwives to be as follows :—
(a) As midwives—£2 6 3d. (primipara)
£1 14 3d. (multipara)
(b) As maternity nurses—£1 15 Od. (primipara)
£1 5 Od. (multipara)
(the fee in each case to include a maternity outfit) ;
the fee of any doctor called in by the midwife under the Act to be assessed
according to the existing scale.