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3. Consulting Obstetricians.
The circumstances under which the services of Consulting Obstetricians
can be requisitioned may be summarised as follows:—
(a) hi the case of Puerperal Fever or Pyrexia. Any Practitioner
can obtain the assistance of the Council's Consulting Obstetrician,
J. H. Peel, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S.
(b) Complicated Midwifery Cases. The Borough Council makes
provision for any Medical Practitioner to obtain the help of
a Consultant where pregnancy or labour is abnormal. The
following two Consultants have been appointed by the Borough
Council:—
Mr. George F. Gibberd, F.R.C.S., 121 Harley Street, W.l,
Mr. Arnold L.Walker, F.R.C.S., 44 Queen Anne Street,W.l.
The scheme provides for the recovery of ail or part of the Consultant's
fee where circumstances warrant it.
4. The Maternity Home.
The record of the Municipal Maternity Home shows that the work
carried out during 1937 is on the same high level as in previous years.
The following are the details supplied to me by Dr. Hill concerning
the cases admitted during 1937 :—
Cases admitted, 210.
Average stay, 2 weeks.
Cases delivered by midwives. 195.
„ „ „ doctors, 11.
Cases in which medical advice sought, 18.
Cases notified as puerperal fever, Nil.
„ „ ,, puerperal pyrexia, Nil.
Cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum, Nil.
Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Nil.
Infants not entirely breast fed, 2.
Maternal deaths, Nil.
Foetal deaths (a) Stillborn, 6.
(b) Within 10 days of birth, 6.
So far as is practicable, only cases likely to follow a normal course