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with the Council.
Midwives Act, 1902 - 1956.
The Council is tho Local Supervising Authority for the Midwives
Acts in Wimbledon,
There wore five practising midwives in Wimblodon at the end of
1943.
One hundred and seventy-three confinements were attended by midwives
and twenty-four by maternity nurses.
Medical Aid foms were received in eighty-two instances.
The total fees paid to doctors by the Corporation during the year
under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918, amounted to £129.18,6d.
The amount recovered from the patients' relatives was £80.6.0d.
Public Health Act, 1056 (Child Life Protection); Children and
Young Persons Act, 1952; Children Act,1908 (Part l).The
following figures relate to the administration of the above Acts in
Wimbledon during 1945,
(i) Number of foster-mothers on the Register -
(a) At the beginning of the year14
(b) At the end of the year12
(ii) Number of children on the Register -
(a) At the beginning of the year 55
(b) At the end of the yea 95
(c) Who died during the year -
(d) On whom inquests wore held during the
year -
Every foster-child was visited regularly. In all, one thousand
two hundred and twenty nine visits were made to the hones of fostermothers
.
Treatment Facilities.- The Minor Ailment, Ophthalmic,0pthopaedic
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.
In no case did any impairment of vision occur.

Maternal Mortality.
There was one maternal doath amongst Wimbledon mothers in 1943.
This occurred in an Institution outside the Borough.
During 1941 and 1942 no maternal death occurred.
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