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During the year 1931 the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
considered Circular 1,167 and Memorandum 156 MCW, and upon their
recommendation the Council extended the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme in the following respects:—
1. Increased the number of ante-natal clinics held at Wellington!
Road.
2. Arranged for part payment of midwives' fees provided the income
fell below a scale already approved, but irrespective of whether
the applicant would be receiving maternity benefit.
3. Arranged for the Consulting Obstetrician at St. Andrew's Hospital
to hold a weekly ante-natal consultation clinic for the examination
of patients referred to him by general practitioners practising
in the Borough or by clinic Medical Officers on account of some
abnormality of pregnancy in the treatment of which the
practitioner or clinic Medical Officer is of opinion that the
opinion of a consultant is desirable. A brief report upon each
case is sent to the medical practitioner by the consultant
immediately after the examination of the patient.
4. Arrangements were made with three Consulting Obstetricians for
their services to be available at the request of a general
practitioner attending any midwifery case which presented
special difficulty or abnormality at or after the confinement.
The attention of all doctors and midwives was specially drawn to the
services provided by the Borough Council.
(During 1932 Consulting Obstetricians were called for on two
occasions.)
The number of patients seen at St. Andrew's Hospital (as mentioned
in paragraph 3) was as follows:—
(a) Referred by private practitioners 9
(b) Referred by clinic medical officers 11
20
In addition to the above, in the year 1931, the Council decided
to supply sterile maternity outfits at cost price or at half-price, according
to family incomes.