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Ante-Natal Class—
39 expectant mothers made 253 attendances
Births—First visits 343
Revisits 905
Total visits 1248
Milk. Eighty expectant mothers, nursing mothers and bottlefed
babies have had one pint of milk daily, for which (excepting
special cases) they paid 1s. weekly, necessitating the distribution
of 985 gallons of Milk. The mothers paid towards this £39 9s.
Milk Supply. Seventeen thousand and thirty-eight lbs. of
Dried Milk (Ambrosia, Glaxo, Cow and Gate) were purchased by
the Council and disposed of to the mothers attending the Consultations,
either at full or reduced rates.
During the year also about 8 cwt. Virol has been similarly
distributed.
Dental Work. During the year arrangements were made
with the British Dentists' (Hospital that they should provide a
qualified dental surgeon to attend on one half-day per fortnight to
give dental attention to any patient certified by the Maternity and
Child Welfare Medical Officer as requiring such with a view to an
improvement in their physical condition. This scheme commenced
on the 8th October, since which date 40 patients have been attended
by the dental surgeon and 4 dentures have been provided, the
total cost of the dentures being £8 5s., of which amount the Committee
have decided that the patients should pay £7.
Puerperal Fever. Five cases of this disease were notified
during the year, four of which unfortunately proved fatal. There
did no; appear to be any common source of infection amongst
these cases, as they occurred in different districts and at different
times all over the Borough.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Twenty cases of this disease were
notified during the year, both eyes being affected in 18 cases, and
one eye only in the remaining two cases. Fortunately in no case
did any permanent injury to the eye remain. Two of the children,
however, died, one at four months from convulsions, and one at
nine days being a prematurely born child.
Of the total number of cases, 8 occurred in East Greenwich,
8 in West Greenwich, 2 in Charlton and 2 in St. Nicholas.