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In conclusion, I should again like to thank the Lady
Superintendent and the Health Visitors in attendance at the
Clinic, together with the Dispenser, for their cordial help
and untiring work throughout the year.
Ruth C. Townshend.
BOROUGH MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Of the Borough Midwife's 24 bookings carried
forward to 1928, 2 were cancelled, Avhile during 1928
146 bookings were received, of which 5 were
subsequently cancelled. During the year 131 mothers
were attended, 82 by the Borough Midwife, plus one
case in which a doctor was engaged, and 46 by private
midwives acting as deputy for the Borough Midwife,
while 2 patients were removed to hospital in labour.
Of the 128 mothers delivered, 11 were primiparse and
117 multiparae. There were 32 expectant mothers on
the books at the end of the year.
The Borough Midwife paid 1,336 visits in connection
Avith her practice and 8 other visits. She also
conducts a regular weekly session for ante-natal care
of her patients, and assists in the work of the Welfare
Centre. In addition to the Borough Midwife's visits,
visits were also paid during her absence on leave by
her deputies.
It is gratifying to record that 44 of the mothers
delivered by the Borough Midwife during the year
had been previously attended by her, 7 of them on two
previous occasions, and 1 on three occasions.
OBSTETRICAL CONSULTANTS.
The Council has a panel of five Obstetric
Consultants, who may be called in by any general
practitioner in any midwifery case which presents
difficulty or abnormality. Three consultations took
place during the year.
HOME HELPS.
This new service came into operation during the
year. Like the provision of maternity outfits, it will