[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    15/54 (page 12)
    The ITurso to live at Peterborough Without 1. 2. 3 4. 5. r? 7. 0. 0. 10. 11. 12. Each Association shall be affiliated to tho Northamptonshire District Nursing Association. The gonoral lihoo of wort: shall bo those laid down in tho Handbook of the County Nursing Association. Tho work of tho Nurses will be undo!’ the supervision of the County Superintendent, and as a riattor of course, tho midwifery work will be subject to the Dnspoctfccrn~of tho Imrooctor of Midwiveo of the Soke Countv Cou.'cil. The duties of tho Nuusoo will include midwifery; maternity nursing in confinement cases whoro a doctor has boon ongngod; general nursing in cases of ordinary illness; tho care of chronic invalids; tho nursing of old-age pensioners and those in receipt of parish relief; and such co-operation with tho public authorities in work relating to liaternity and Child Welfare as may bo desired by arrangements between authorities and the County Association. The T?urae-raidvdivos shall be fully qualified midwives, registered under the ,illdwiv«s Act, with training in general nursing. No nurse shall bo supplied who .has had less than one year's training in raidwifory and general nursimg and whenever possible, nurses with three years * general training shall be supplied. The Nursing Associations shall he rim on provident lines and tho minimum subscription entitling a -family to tho'services of ’ e Nurse in cases of ordinary illness shall be 4/- a year. A minimum fee of !}/- shall bo char a minimum fee of 1F>/- pn midwifery non-subscribers or visitors to tho god in maternity cases and cases. Co-s osof cmorgoncy sjmor g District v/i 11 bo undorten at higher fees. :5aoh Association shall by the subscribers at t bo managed by a Qonm.ittee heir anm■ al neetirtg. to be elected She accounts of receipts and expenditure of each, be kept and published annually. A s so c i a t i oi i -; • d 11 Tile upie3 of each Association shall be, and subject to tho decision of the local the bodel Rules published in tho Ilandbbo Association. as far as is pra-cticubl Coramittee in each co.ro, k of the County ITursin • T Any grants which the County Council nay make towards the establish moot and maintenance of these Associations shall be made .subject to tJie approval of the Local Government Board, direct to tho Count Nursing Association, and shall be distributed by tho latter at their discretion among tho District Nursing Associations. The accounts of tho receipts and expenditure of the County Fursing Association shail bo submitted for tho inspection of the Countv Council when desired. Tho Public Health Committee of tho County Council of tho of Peterborough shall be entitled to throe representative Executive Committee of the County Nursing Association. s n or. tV ? This 3 oh erne has boon approved by the Local Government Board. During the * oar the County Council made a grant of £10 to tho funds of the Vtonsford District Nursing Association which works in th ■»