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NATIONAL MILK AND VITAMINS SCHEME.
The Municipal and Voluntary Centres continued to operate as distributing
points for vitamin products and national dried milk.
MIDWIFERY: Under the Council's Midwifery arrangements as detailed in previous annual
reports the following numbers of patients were admitted to the various hospitals.
(a) St. Bartholomew's Hospital . 62
(b) Thy Royal Northern Hospital . 1
(c) The City of London Maternity Hospital . 14 (+ 23 evacuated)
(d) The University College Hospital 12
Corporation was maintained between the Hospitals concerned and the Maternity and
Child Welfare Department, Attendances at ante-natal clinics are notified and antenatal
visits are made by our health visitors.
POST NATAL CLINIC: In June, 1942, a post natal clinic was started at the Pine
Street Maternity and Child Welfare Centre and mothers attending the municipal welfare
clinics were urged to attend this clinic if they had not been given an appointment
elsewhere, 48 clinics were held during the year and 108 new cases attended. Attendance
at this clinic have been good and it has done much useful work, Many of the mothers
coming for examination have needed treatment for local minor gynæ cological conditions
and for their general health.
HOME HELPS, The Council provides a service of Home Helps during the post natal and
ante natal period for domiciliary cases, Despite the fact that it has been difficult
to got enough people to do this work, the Home Help Service has been adequately
maintained and has worked satisfactorily. Home Helps attended 81 cases during the year.
HOSPITAL TREATMENT: The arrangement between the Council and the Elizabeth Garrett
Anderson Hospital for the retention of one cot has persisted throughout the year and
has worked very satisfactorily. All the children admitted to this hospital have done
very well and the mothers have been very satisfied with the arrangement. There were
4 admissions to this cot during the year. In addition, the Council has an arrangement
with the Royal Free Hospital, University College Hospital and the Queen's Hospital
for Children whereby 30/-d per week is paid for any cot occupied by a Finsbury child,
but there was no occasion to use these facilities during the year.
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT HOSPITALS. The Royal Free Hospital has continued to admit
Finsbury children requiring tonsillectomy at a fee of 16/-d per case. The number of
children referred to this Hospital during the year was 10. Similar arrangements
exist with the Central London E.r, Nose and Throat Hospital and 4 children were
referred to them during the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PEURPERAI PYREXIA: During 1943 there were four cases of
puerperal pyrexia and two cases of puerperal fever notified in Finsbury. Details of
the notifications are as follows:-
Breast Abscess . 1
Uterine Sepsis . 2
Cause unknown.1
Pyelitis. 1
Difficult L bour . 1