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(4) MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES.
The Surrey County Council is the local supervising authority
under the Midwives Acts, and for the purpose of providing the
necessary domiciliary service for the Borough the County Council
employ directly two whole-time salaried midwives.
During 1938 the number of midwives who gave notice of their
intention to practise in this Borough was eleven, nine of these
(including the two municipal midwives) being resident within the
Borough and two resident in adjacent areas.
(5) MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
The Surrey County Council is the Local Supervising Authority
for the registration and inspection of Nursing Homes and Maternity
Homes in this Borough. There are three private Maternity Homes in
the district registered by the County Council. No information
has been received of any orders refusing or cancelling registration.
(6) PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The Council have provided a Public Mortuary situated in South
Worple Way, Mortlake, adjacent to the Isolation Hospital. ,
During 1938 22 bodies, on which post-mortem examinations were
conducted or inquests held, were received ; of this number 12 were
bodies of persons resident in the district, 7 were bodies of nonresidents
whose deaths occurred in the district, and 3 were bodies of
persons unknown.
(7) LEGISLATION IN FORCE IN THE DISTRICT.
The Adoptive Acts, Bye-laws and Regulations relating to public
health, and Local Acts in force in the district were enumerated in my
Annual Report for 1930 (page 17). New Bye-laws to replace certain
of these have been made and approved by the Minister of Health,
coming into force in 1938.
It is necessary that Regulations as to underground rooms should
be in force in the Borough in order that semi-basement rooms which
are used as dwellings, although unsuitable for such purpose, may be
dealt with.
Particulars of the administration of the various Acts, Byelaws,
and Regulations will be found referred to under the various subjects
to which they relate.