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Midwives Act, 1902-1936,
The Council is the Local Supervising -ho ity for the Midwives
Acts in Wimbledon.
There yiore eight practising midlives in Wimbledon at the end
of 1941, one of whom was resident outside the Borough.
One hundred and forty-nino confinements were attended by midwives
and seventeen by maternity nurses.
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Medical.Aid forms were received in seventy-seven instances.
The total fees paid to doctors by the Corporation during the
year under Section 14 (1) of tho Midwives ^ct, 1918, amounted to
£124,17s, 6d. The amount recovered from the patients' relatives
was £64, 2s, 9d.
Public Health Act, 1956 (Child Life Protection); Children and
Young Persons Act. 193,3; Children .iCt, 1908 (Part 1).-

Every foster-child was visited regularly. In all, one hundred
and ten visits were made to the homes of foster-mothers.
Treatment Facilities.- The Minor Ailment, Ophthalmic,
Orthopaedic and aural Clinics remained open throughout the year.
Facilities for the operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids
remained available through the usual channels.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.- The following table shows that six cases
of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified.

Maternal Mortality.
There was no maternal death amongst Wimbledon mothers in 1941,
During 1940, one maternal death occurred.
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