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Midwives. One midwife is appointed by the District
Council under the Surrey County Council's scheme for a salaried
midwifery service. The fees fixed by the County Council are: —
As maternity nurse 35/-
As midwife 40/-
Provision is made for a reduction in the fee in necessitous cases.
The following figures indicate the work undertaken during
the year by the Council's midwife: —
Cases conducted : Primipara Multipara Total
(a) As midwife Live 21 43 64
Still — — —
(b) As maternity nurse ... Live 3 3 6
Still — — —
24 46 70
Visits made:
By midwife Ante-natal 467
During confinement 1,184
To midwife Ante-natal 295
Post-natal 259
2,205
Medical Aid Forms sent:— 21
Discharging Eyes 3
Feebleness at Birth 2
Phimosis 1
Prolonged First Stage 1
Prolonged Secondary Stage 1
Puerperal Pyrexia 10
Retained Placenta 1
Rupture of Perineum I
Uterine Inertia 1
Percentage of total midwife's cases which attended the
Council's ante-natal clinics—100%.
According to notices received by the Surrey County Council
there are eighteen midwives practising in the district, of whom
five were salaried midwives appointed under the County Scheme
and seven members of the staff of the Nelson Hospital.
Voluntary Workers. We are fortunate in Merton and Morden
in having attached to our clinics a devoted band of women
who give freely of their time and energy without reward, other
than the satisfaction which they derive from their good works.
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