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and two midwives from Queen Mary's Hospital are always reserved
for practise as district midwives. The above numbers include also
those who practised partly in hospital and partly on the district
during the year 1937.
The local births—5,305 in number—are those actually
returned by the Registrar General as having been registered in
the borough. They include the births of non-residents which
occurred within the borough.
The number of cases attended by midwives (excluding cases
delivered in hospitals or nursing homes by midwives) during the
year was 2,153. Of these, 1,909 were attended as midwives, and
244 as maternity nurses. This number is a decrease of 57 cases
as compared with the figures for 1936.
Records of calling in medical aid. Medical aid was summoned
by midwives under section 14(1) of the Midwives Act, 1918,
in 628 cases. Details for the summoning of medical aid are shown
in Table III.