[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The two midwives resident in Greenbank have not yet been fully employed, the other midwives being able to cope with the demands of the district. As there has been a shortage of stall’ in Greenbank Hospital, they have been allotted duty in the wards. One Midwife surrendered her certificate during the year and received the compensation to which she was entitled. During the year the Health Committee guaranteed the Midwife’s fee in 20 necessitous cases and recovered according to circumstances. The following Table shews the distribution of the local Midwives at the end of the year and the number of cases attended by them during the year ]. Total number of Midwives practising at the end of the Domiciliary year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority : MidwiTcs (a) Employed by the Local Supervising Authority ... 7 (b) Employed by other Welfare Councils : (i) under arrangements made with the Local Super- vising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936 ... ... ... ... ... — (ii) others ... ... ... ... ... ... ... — (c) Employed by Voluntary Associations:—(Queen’s Nurses’ Association): (i) under arrangements made with the Local Super- vising Authority in pursuance of Section 1 of the Midwives Act, 1936 2 (ii) others ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 (d) In private practice ... ... ... ... ... 8 Midwives in Institutions 8 10 Totals 15 2 7 18 Totals 2. Number of cases in the area of the Local Supervising Authority attended during the year by midwives : W Employed by the CounoU ... [tSSyNursee (b) Employed by other Welfare Councils: (i) under arrangements made) with the Local Supervising 1 . , . Authority in pursuance of - Section 1 of the Midwives 1^® Act, 1936 (ii) others (c) Employed by Voluntary Associ- ations : (i) tmder arrangements made with the Local Supervising Authority in Section 1 of Act, 1936 . (ii) others As Midwives As Maternity Nurses As Midwives pursuance of ^As Maternity Nurses the Midwives 'As Midwives _As Maternity Nurses (d) In private practice T As Mid wives G'is Maternity Nurses Totals ... AT - l^As Maternity Nurses 3. Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under Section 14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife : (i) engaged in domiciliary practice 203 (ii) in institutional practice ... 4g 4. Number of domiciliary births during the year in the area of the Local Supervising Authority... ... 93G 24 18 42 Domiciliary Cases in Cases Institutions Totals 164 180 344 16 37 53 — — — — — — 65 65 33 — 33 97 97 65 — 65 425 — 425 64 50 114 751 180 931 178 87 265 Total ... 261](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149198_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
