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Haemorrhage before, during or after labour, and difficult
or obstructed labour, also account for many deaths, and
it should be possible to avert the majority of fatalities
from these causes by preparation for the confinement
and efficient treatment.
Maternity and Child Welfare Work.
A description of the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare scheme was given in last year's Annual Report,
so that it is unnecessary to enter into detail in the
present report.
There are three Centres in Fulham all managed
by a Voluntary Committee which receives a grant of
£500 per annum from the Borough Council, half of
which is repaid to the Council by the Ministry of
Health.
The Centres are situated at 90-92, Greyhound
Road, 170, Wandsworth Bridge Road and at Melmoth
Hall, Eustace Road.
The Borough Council has now purchased the premises
at Greyhound Road and act as landlords for the
Voluntary Committee.
The Clinics are staffed by a Superintendent and
Assistant Superintendent, both appointed and paid by
the Voluntary Committee and the medical and health
visiting staff are provided by the Council.
Every effort is being made to establish a liaison
between private doctors and hospitals to whom cases
are referred for treatment when necessary and the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, whose primary
object is the prevention of illness. Close and cordial
co-operation is necessary as prevention and treatment
go hand-in-hand in the campaign against infantile and
maternal illness and mortality.
The only methods of treatment carried out at the
Centres are the treatment of minor ailments, massage
and remedial exercises. Cases requiring operation for