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In a case where a mother who was expecting her first baby, a
breech presentation was diagnosed during the last month of pregnancy,
and arrangements were made for external version to be done at New
End Hospital, where she was going for her confinement. For one of
the two mothers who were suffering with valvular heart disease, I was
able to arrange with the Medical Superintendent at the same Hospital
to admit her for a few weeks' rest before the confinement was due.
This was carried out with very beneficial results to the mother and
baby.
Miss Kennedy, our health visitor at the Eastern Clinic, has retailed
60 yards of pure flannel at cost price to the expectant mothers attending
there, so as to enable them to make little garments for their future
babies. She keeps a set of new and up-to-date patterns and shows the
mothers how to make them. She has herself cut out little garments,
and as this has entailed a considerable amount of overtime on her part
I should like to acknowledge the help so ungrudgingly given in this
respect.
Many thanks are also due to Mrs. E. Stewart, one of the Co-opted
members of the Maternity and Child "Welfare Committee, and to Mrs.
Simmonds, for their kind and continuous help at the Cinics in preparing
tea for the mothers.
(Signed) MARY KIDD, M.B. (Lond.)