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Compensation at the rate of 10s. per case is paid to those midwives
whose cases after booking are confined on the advice of the clinic
medical officer in institutions. Five applications were received
from midwives during the year.
It is anticipated that the private midwife will eventually be
superseded almost entirely by the municipal scheme but until then
it is not likely that the financial assistance service will be dropped.
(vi) Obstetrical Consultants.
On one occasion only during the year was one of the council's
two obstetrical consultants called upon in emergency by doctors
attending confinements in the district. The cost to the council
was £4 4s. Od.
(vii) Dentistry.
Dental sessions are held at six of the welfare centres, and
arrangements are in force whereby women and children in any
area can obtain dental treatment.
(viii) Ultra Violet Light, and Massage.
At two welfare centres—one in the inner and one in the outer
wards—are carbon arc installations. Women and children are
referred from the other centres to these two for light treatment
and massage.
(ix) In a number of cases Wasserman, etc., tests are carried
out in ante-natal cases and in time it is hoped that such tests will
be the normal routine for every woman as the education of the
public proceeds.
Toddlers.
The arrangements made for the regular medical inspection of
toddlers at special clinics held for the purpose and for the free
treatment of minor ailments at the four voluntary hospitals in the
borough are becoming increasingly popular. The Council have
extended the provisional financial arrangements with the hospitals
for a further year and it is hoped by then that the experience gained