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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. Five consultations took place
during the year.
HOME HELPS.
At the end of the year, there were 8 Home Helps
on the panel, while 6 other women were also occasionally
employed as relief helps. During the year, there
were 165 engagements of Home Helps, as compared
with 65 in 1929. In 134 cases the mother paid a contribution
for the services rendered.
MATERNITY OUTFITS.
Outfits were issued as follows:—Free, 79; Halfprice,
25; Cost price, 52. Total, 156.
This service is not available, owing to the restricted
approval of the former Minister of Health, to mothers
attended from Hospitals.
As there have been numerous enquiries as to the
contents of the Council's Outfit, a list of the contents
is here given:—
Maternity Outfits : Contents.
3 Accouchement Squares (cotton and wool) 18in. by 18in.
6 Large Perineal Pads (wrapped in 3).
6 Small Perineal Pads.
1 Sterilized Binder.
1 Paoket (8 ounces) White Absorbent Wool.
1 sheet Tissue, 15an. by 9½in.
2 sheets Tarred Paper, 30in. by 36in.
6 Plain Lint Cord Dressings (3in. square out out keyhole)
3 12in. Linen Thread Ligatures.
1 Tube or Pot (loz.) Vaseline.
1 ounce Boric, Starch and Zinc Powder in tin.
1 Tablet Curd Soap.
1 dozen Sheathed Safety Pins (assorted).