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Chelsea 1942
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942
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TABLE No. 22.
| ear. | No. of applications for services of | (2) Total number provided with a | Amount of Assessment on cases attended. | Nett Cost to Council. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | |
| 39 | _ | 3 | _ | 4 | _ | 1.66 | _ | 10.30 |
With the establishment of the London
County Council salaried Lidwives service
the provision made by the liorough Council
whereby necessitious women may obtain the
services of a -aternity nurse or Lidwife
at a reduced rate, the balance of the fee
bein^ paid by the uouncil, was discontinued
at the end of oune 1959.
| 1942 | ||
|---|---|---|
| CASES | VISITS | CASES |
| 15 | 138 | 16 |
| - | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| 4 | 36 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | 131 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | 5 |
| 22 | 300 | 30 |
| 5 | 22 | 2 |
| 4 | 33 | 3 |
| 5 | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| 3 | 21 | 4 |
| - | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| 20 | 270 | 48 |
| - | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| - | - | - |
| 8 | 76 | 12 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 28 | 2 |
| - | 39 | 8 |
| 29 | 189 | 21 |
| 135 | 1319 | 164 |
NOTE: (2) INCLUDES CASES ASSESSED PREVIOUS YEAR
SIX MONTH ONLY.
HOME HELP IN MATERNITY CASES.
Home Helps are employed by the Borough Council for service in the
homes of necessitous women during confinement. A panel scheme
is in operation under which selected women are placed upon a roster
and their services utilised in rotation. This system is found to be very
successful in its working. The following Table No. 2'i shows, for th£ past
FouR. years, the number of applications received for Home Help scrvice,
the number of cases attended, the amount of assessment on cases attended
and the nett expenditure by the Council for this service :—