3446
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

previous notice of such place and time to be given to the assessors, the Board, and the appellant.

(6.) At the hearing of the appeal the appellant may herself appear, or may be represented by some other person on her behalf, and the Board may be represented by any member thereof appointed by that Board, or by some other person appointed by that Board; but no solicitor or counsel shall appear or be heard.

(7.) The order made in respect of the appeal shall be in writing, signed by the Magistrate and the assessors, and a copy of such order shall be given to the appellant and to the Board; and that Board shall at once give effect to such order.

PART II.
MANAGEMENT OF STATE MATERNITY HOSPITALS.

26. (1.) Every State maternity hospital shall be under the charge of a Matron duly appointed.

(2.) No person shall be appointed as Matron of a State maternity hospital unless she is registered as a nurse and as a midwife under the said Act.

(3.) The Matron shall deliver lectures to the trainees, and shall, if necessary, teach and train the trainees in general hospital duties as well as in the special duties of midwife and maternity nurse.

(4.) Every Matron shall keep a register of patients admitted, in the form supplied by the Registrar, and a cash-book for fees received. A copy of all entries made in these books during each month shall be sent to the Registrar within the first week of the next succeeding month.

(5.) (a.) For each State maternity hospital the Minister shall appoint one or more registered medical practitioners, who shall be required to attend all abnormal cases of labour; to prescribe for and attend any cases needing medical or surgical treatment; and to deliver a course of lectures prescribed by the Board to the trainees attending the hospital.

(b.) The appointment of any such medical practitioner may be terminated at any time by notice under the hand of the Minister.

(6.) The fees payable under the said Act shall be as follows:—

(a.) Indoor patients: At the rate of £1 a week for the time the patient is in the hospital before labour, and at the rate of £1 10s. a week from the time of confinement.

(b.) Out-patients: £1; such fee to cover delivery of the patient, and daily visits for the subsequent ten days.

(7.) When on application for admission as a patient to a State maternity hospital it is alleged by any woman or by her husband that they are unable to pay the prescribed fees, the Matron shall forward a report of the circumstances of the case to the Director-General of Health, and on consideration of such report the Director-General may either reduce such fees or remit them altogether, as he thinks fit.

(8.) Any society or person making a donation of £50 or giving an annual subscription of £10 to a State maternity hospital shall have the right annually to nominate a patient at such hospital free of charge.

PART III.
REGULATION OF THE PRACTICE OF MATERNITY NURSES AND MIDWIVES OUTSIDE PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

27. Every maternity nurse and every midwife before beginning to practise as such for the first time in New Zealand, or whenever she begins to practise at a new address, shall forthwith notify the Medical Officer of Health for the district, either personally or by letter, of her name and address.

28. (1.) Every maternity nurse and every midwife shall provide herself with all necessary appliances for carrying out her work with due regard to cleanliness and asepsis. She shall wear, when at work, dresses and aprons of washable material, and have a sufficient number to allow of frequent change. She shall have a sufficient number of overalls of an approved pattern, made of a washable material, one of which is to be worn by her during labour and when attending to the lying-in woman. She shall observe strict personal cleanliness.

(2.) A maternity nurse or a midwife shall not attend a case while she is suffering from any septic sores, boils, or any other septic disease.