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Records required to be kept by the Association in pursuance
of this Agreement.
"The Association shall keep records of the cases attended by
the midwives employed by them in pursuance of this Agreement,
and of the number of their attendances in each case, distinguishing
between attendances as midwives and attendances as maternity
nurses." (Paragraph 7, Model Agreement B.)
A weekly list of bookings for domiciliary confinements shall
be sent to the Medical Officer of Health by each Association on
forms to be supplied by the Medical Officer of Health's Department.
A list of cases attended in the homes by each midwife of cach
Association in pursuance of this Agreement, showing the number
of attendances per case, shall be sent to the Medical Officer of
Health on the first day of each month in respect of the work of
the preceding month ; for this purpose special forms will be issued
by the Medical Officer of Health's Department.
Voluntary Associations which are also Training Schools for
Midwives.
In the case of the Associations which are training schools
lor pupil-midwives, the Local Authority will require the attendance
daily of a certified midwife with the pupil, from the day of confinement
to the seventh day (inclusive) of the lying-in period;
thereafter, as a minimum, the midwife must visit the home of the
patient on the ninth, twelfth and fourteenth days, in order to
satisfy herself that the mother and infant are making normal progress
and that the work of the pupil-midwife is efficient.
Representation of the Council on Committees of the Voluntary
Organisations.
For the closer co-operation and more efficient working of this
scrvice it is advisable that representation of the Council on the
Management Committee of each Association shall be secured.
Finance.
No mention has been made in this report of the financial
aspect of this matter inasmuch as I understand that the Borough
1 reasurer is submitting a separate report thereon to the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee.
F. GARLAND COLLINS,
Municipal Health Offices, Medical Officer of Health.
Romford Road,
Stratford, E.15.
12th January, 1937.
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