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The Maternity Scheme of the Council provides for:—
(i) Domiciliary and In-patient Confinements for all necessitous
Finsbury mothers, including Consultant Services (by
agreement with the three Hospitals mentioned).
(ii) The provision of Home Helps.
(iii) The provision of Milk or Dinners to expectant and
nursing mothers.
(iv) Convalescence of nursing mothers.
(v) The provision of Consultant Services for general medical
practitioners in cases of puerperal pyrexia or in any
case of doubt or difficulty at the time of confinement,
in the ante-natal period or during the puerperium.
(vi) The provision of special post-natal clinics.
With regard to these matters, the Committee are aware that
the agreement with the three Hospitals under the Scheme does not
expire until 30th September, 1939. Close co-operation is maintained
with the Hospital Authorities; quarterly meetings are held at
which two representatives of the Borough Council attend. Recently,
as a result of representations made, the Hospitals have agreed to
carry out a Routine Wasserman Test on all mothers attending the
Ante-Natal Clinics.
The Home Help Scheme of the Borough Council has been extended
in recent years to include not only the provision of a Home Help
at the time of confinement, but also during the ante-natal and
post-natal periods, and to allow of the convalescence of the mother
in a Convalescent Home.
Convalescence.—The Council recently reserved a bed for the
sole use of Finsbury mothers after confinement, in the Birchington
Convalescent Home, Kent (Mothers' and Infants' Section).
Extra Nourishment is given to expectant and nursing mothers
Milk or Dinners as ordered by the Medical Officers. This is given
during the last five months of pregnancy and earlier if necessary.
Consultant Services.—These are provided by the three Hospitals
under the Agreement, but for those mothers who have made
arrangements with a private medical practitioner for their