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OBSTETRIC CONSULTANTS
The terms of the Borough Council's Scheme for the provision of
the services of obstetric consultants in any midwifery case which
presents difficulty or abnormality are as follows:—
(a) That the patient be a Stoke Newington resident.
(b) That the medical practitioner immediately informs the
Medical Officer of Health, when he has called in the
services of a consulting obstetrician, giving the name
of the consultant, the name and address of the patient,
the date of the case, the reason, and the result.
(c) That the Borough Council be responsible to the consulting
obstetrician for a fee of £5 5s. per case, inclusive, covering
any necessary subsequent visit.
The Scheme is intended to apply to those people who cannot
afford the consultant's ordinary fee.
The Borough Council may reserve to itself the right to ask a
patient to contribute a portion, or the whole of the fee, if
in subsequent investigation it is found that the patient is
capable of so doing. The assessment of each case to be
decided by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
The names and addresses of the consultants are given on page 24.
Investigation of Cases of Puerperal Fever.—Each case
of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia notified is inquired into
and an endeavour made to ascertain the cause of the condition,
the progress and the result.
Removal of Infirm Persons in Certain Cases
By Section 224 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
power is given to remove infirm and diseased persons, living
under insanitary conditions, to institutions where they can receive
adequate care and medical attention.
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