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hoped that in the near future a gratifying increase in the
attendance will result.
Midwifery and Maternity Services.
There are no midwifery or maternity services provided
by the Corporation.
Institutional Provision for Mothers or Children.
With the exception of the Day Nursery, which has
accommodation during the day for fifty children under five
years of age, the Corporation make no institutional provision
for mothers or young children. Details of the work of the
Day Nursery are given on page 34.
The Council, however, in certain cases, arrange convalescent
treatment for children under school age. During 1933
six children were sent to convalescent institutions for varying
periods. The arrangements are made through the local
branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
Midwives Acts, 1902-1926.
The Borough Council is the Local Supervising Authority
for the Midwives Acts in Wimbledon.
Twenty-two midwives notified their intention of practising
in the Borough during the year, together with eleven
midwives resident in outside areas. Nine of the former
eventually removed to other districts, leaving thirteen
practising midwives in Wimbledon at the end of 1933.
There are, in addition, a number of midwives acting
purely as maternity nurses in the maternity homes.
Two hundred and fifty-five confinements were attended
by the midwives and eighty-six by the maternity nurses. In
the latter cases doctors had been engaged by the patients.
Regular inspection of the midwives was carried out by
the Assistant Medical Officer, who is the Inspector of Midwives
for the Borough. These inspections, with few minor
exceptions, again showed that the records, bags, instruments,
etc., were being maintained in a satisfactory manner. Special
attention is devoted to the Ante-natal records of the midwives
during the routine visits of inspection paid to them, and on
the whole a very considerable improvement has been observed
as compared with previous years.
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