[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.
- Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Part II. Description of the Service Which will Operate on the Appointed Day. General Administrative Arrangements. . 1. General. (]) The arrangements proposed, are intended to ensure that the service is adequate for the needs of the area. (2) As from 5th July, 1948 (the appointed day under the Act), the service in the City will ,be undeitaken partly by the City Council, partly by the Board of Governors of St. Mary’s Hospitals, and partly by the Manchester and Salford District Nursing Institution. (3) The Board of Governors of St. Mary’s Hospitals and the Institution will operate their respective portions of the service under agreements with the City Council. (4) The City Council will continue to implement their existing arrangements for a midwives service as specified in Part I of this scheme and both the Board of Governors of St. Mary’s Hospitals and the Institution will continue their existing midwives service in accordance with the terms of agreements to be made with the City Council. (5) The City Council will provide accouchment sets free to all patients attended by midwives f engaged in the service whether such midwives are employed by the City Council, the Board of > Governors of St. Mary’s Hospitals, or the Institution. (6) The City Council will provide any sickroom requisites or equipment necessary for the ijpurposes of the midwives service in accordance with arrangements made under their scheme submitted to the Minister in accordance with section 28 of the Act. (7) The City Council will continue to participate jointly in a scheme for the training of i aiidwives in accordance with the terms of an agreement to be made with St. Mary’s Hospitals. (8) The midwives service will be available at all times to persons entitled to use it. 2. Proposed number of Midwives. )j (1) The City Council will employ a number of midwives based on the recommended figure of i 16 cases per annum for each midwife. (2) The number estimated-to be necessary to secure an adequate service after allowance for ickness and other absences of staff is 67 full-time midwives. >. Proposed arrangements with other bodies. (a) St. Mary's Hospitals. ) (1) The City Council will enter into an agreement with the Board of Governors of St. Mary’s (Hospitals to operate part of the service on behalf of the City Council and such agreement will ns ontain provision for the following matters, generally (a) For the Board of Governors to operate a portion of the service on behalf of the Citv Council. (b) Limitation of the period during which the Board of Governors will undertake to provide a portion of the service on behalf of the City Council. (c) For the renewal of the agreement from time to time on the same terms or on such revised terms as may be agreed with the approval of the Minister of Health. (d) Employment of 12 midwives by the Board of Governors for the purposes of the service. (e) Limiting the power of the Board of Governors to incur extraordinary or special expendi¬ ture or commitments in connection with the service without the prior approval of the local health authority. (/) Specifying the districts in which the service to be provided shall operate. iu) Qualifications, remuneration, and conditions of service of mid wives employed in the service. (h) Statistical, financial, and other information as to the operation of the domiciliary midwifery service to be supplied at such frequency and in such form as may be required by authorised officers of the local health authority. ( i ) Payment by the City Council to the Board of Governors of the cost of operating a portion of the service on behalf of the City Council,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29785698_0279.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
