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Another important change introduced in the Act is the extension
of the normal lying-in period from ten days to fourteen days
During the year there has been close liaison between the London
County Council midwives and the Medical Officer of the ante-natal
a nd post-natal clinics and the scheme has worked most satisfactorily
In 1938 the services of the London County Council midwives
were engaged in 51 maternity cases under the Domiciliary Midwifery
Scheme. Of these three were transferred to the Hackney Hospital
for ultimate confinement, one removed to the Hackney district and
in one instance the midwife acted as maternity nurse.
Dental Clinic.—At this Clinic dental treatment is providec
for mothers (nursing or expectant) and children up to the age of
five who attend the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in the
Borough. In certain cases mothers not nursing, but with children
under one year of age, receive treatment.
Arrangements are made with the British Dental Hospital to
equip and maintain a Dental Surgery on the Council's premises
" Barton House," and to provide, direct and supervise a dentist
at an inclusive charge of £200 yearly.
Two sessions weekly are now held, on Wednesday mornings
and Thursday afternoons. Appropriate cases are referred to the
dentist by the Child Welfare Medical Officer and the Health
Visitors.
The treatment given and charges are as follows:—
No charge is made for advice.
Scaling and other simple treatment, 1s. per attendance.
Extractions with local anaesthetic, 1s. per extraction.
Gas extractions, 2s. 6d.
Dentures, complete set, £4 ; partial sets pro rata.
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