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I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my warmest
thanks to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
and its officers for their co-operation in dealing with cases of neglect
to children which have come to my notice from time to time. Thanks to
their energetic work the lot of many children who were neglected,
wilfully or otherwise, has now been improved.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Resulting from 2,097 live and still births, 2 mothers lost their lives
—a mortality rate of 0.95 per 1,000 births.
The same mortality rate for the Country as a whole is 2.97.
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Regulations.
There has been no change in the Council's scheme. During the
year 0 cases of Puerperal Fever and 26 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were
notified. 18 of these cases were removed to hospital.
Consultation with the Borough Specialist was sought in 1 instance.
INFANT MORTALITY.
The infant mortality rate is 57 per 1,000 births.
HOME NURSING.
The Council have made arrangements with the Benson Nursing
Association, and the Catholic Nursing Home, for the home nursing of
children under 5 years of age, suffering from pneumonia, bronchitis,
whooping cough, measles, diarrhoea, etc.
During the past year 349 sick children have been nursed under this
arrangement.
MATERNITY BEDS.
Three beds are reserved at Lambeth Hospital for necessitous
expectant mothers and during the year under review 1 mother was
admitted for her confinement at a cost to the Council of £4 1s. Od.
MATERNITY OUTFITS.
One hundred and four maternity outfits were supplied to expectant
mothers at cost price, or in necessitous cases free of charge, at the
Ante-natal Clinics.