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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925
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The staff consists of four midwives, all of whom are
also fully trained nurses, and one pupil midwife, who
is always a general-trained nurse.
The domestic staff includes three whole-time maids
and one daily woman.
The minimum fee charged for admission to the
Home is £3, which covers all expenses, including
medical attention for the fortnight. In exceptional
cases the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
have power to reduce these fees. Additional charges
are of course made where the income of the patient
warrants them. During the year 1925 the average
fee paid by patients was £4 7s. 10d., for the fortnight.
The admissions during 1925 were the highest ever
recorded since the Home has been open.
The following is a record of cases admitted to the Home during the year 1925:—
| Cases admitted | 203 |
| Average duration of stay (days) | 14 |
| Number of cases delivered by— | |
| 198 | |
| 5 | |
| Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis | - |
| Number of cases in which the temperature was above 100.4 for 24 hours | 1 |
| Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 |
| Number of cases of inflammation of eyes, however slight | 2 |
| Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the institution | - |
| Number of maternal deaths | - |
| Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or within ten days of birth) | 1 |
Provision of Milk.
Under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act,
1918, milk is provided free, or at less than cost price,
to necessitous cases under the Council's scheme.