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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES.
The Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme provides
the following services for expectant and nursing mothers and
children under 5 years of age.
1. Maternity.
(a) Medical examination and supervision of pregnant women, and following
confinement, at ante-natal and post-natal Clinics held at Infant Welfare
Centres and at the L.C.C. St. Giles' and Dulwich Hospitals.
(b) The services of a Consultant at the request of a private medical practitioner
for any condition arising during pregnancy, parturition or during the
puerperium of patients confined at home.
(c) Home visits by Health Visitors to pregnant women.
(d) Payment of midwives' fees for confinements of necessitous persons in their
own' homes.
(e) Payment of compensation to midwives for loss of patients.
(f) Provision of sterilised maternity outfits.
(g) Provision of Home Helps.
(h) Provision of nursing assistance for mothers.
(i) Convalescent home treatment for expectant and nursing mothers.
(j) Provision of milk and dinners for necessitous mothers.
(k) Education on health matters.
(I) Investigation of maternal deaths and cases of puerperal fever and
puerperal pyrexia.
(m) Contribution towards the cost of institutional maintenance of unmarried
mothers.
2. Infants and Young Children.
(a) Public Health (London) Act, Notification of Births administration.
(b) The provision and maintenance of Infant Welfare Centres.
(c) Home Visits by Health Visitors to infants and young children.
(d) Convalescent home treatment for children.
(e) The supply of milk to children of necessitous parents.
(f) Provision of nursing assistance for patients suffering from certain diseases.
(g) Treatment of minor ailments.
(h) Child Life Protection.
The following Maternity and Child Welfare Services received
the attention of the Council in the year.
Salaried Service of Midwives.
In January of the year under review the Council considered a
letter from the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee,
and an accompanying memorandum on the subject of a salaried
service of midwives, inviting the views of the constituent Councils
on a recommendation by the Joint Council of Midwifery that the
local supervisory authority under the Midwives Acts (in London
the County Council) should be the authority to administer the
suggested salaried service of midwives.