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''any person, being a woman neither certified under the principal Act
''nor registered in the general part of the register of nurses required
"to be kept under the Nurses Registration Act, 1919, or a male
''person, receives any remuneration for attending in that area or
"district as a nurse on a woman in childbirth or at any time during
"the ten days immediately after childbirth, that person shall be
"liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
"(2) The Minister may by order apply this Section to the area
"of any authority or to any county district contained therein, when
"he is satisfied that that authority has secured in pursuance of this
"Act the provision of a service of domiciliary midwives which is''adequate
for the needs of the area or district.''
The Minister has stated that he is satisfied the Borough of Tottenham
has secured a service of domiciliary midwives which is adequate for the
needs of the district and he has now made an Order in accordance with
Section 6 (2) to this effect.
Record of work by Municipal Midwives:—
Number of deliveries by Municipal Midwives 575
Number of cases attended as Maternity Nurse 97
Primipara 177
Multipara 495
Number of ante-natal visits by Midwives 1,470
Number of nursing 10,330
Total home visits 11,800
Number of deaths of mothers Nil
Record of work by the Maternity Nursing Association:—
The following figures relate to the work done by the Maternity Nursing
Association during the year 1938 at 34, Howard Road, N. 15:—
Number of deliveries 67
Number of cases attended as Maternity Nurse 10
Primipara 24
Multipara 53
Number of nursings 2,027
Total home visits 2,027
Number of deaths of mothers Nil
Medical aid was summoned on 23 occasions in connection with
20 patients. (See Table on Page 30.)