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The Hampstead and, Hendon Rescue Association has established its
Home at 43, Rosslyn Hill.
Northcourt Hospital, College Crescent.
The Borough Council has an agreement with this hospital whereby
sick and ailing children, and children needing minor operations such as
circumcision, removal of tonsils and adenoids, etc., are admitted. The
Council guarantees the hospital 17s. 6d. per case per week, and assesses
the parents according to their means. Under these conditions 35 cases
were admitted during the year.
Publicity of Facilitiet.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee co-operate with the
Public Libraries Committee in the distribution of a book-mark at the
Borough Council Libraries. The Public Health Department use one
side of the book-mark to advertise the various health facilities existing
for the help of citizens.
Maternal Mortality and Investigations into Maternal Deaths,
Still-births and Infant Deaths.
It is the duty of the Health Visitors to inquire into and report to
me upon all maternal deaths, still-births, deaths of children under two
years of age, and cases of puerperal sepsis.
A Special Sub-Committee, consisting of Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden
(Chairman), Dr. Sidney Boyd, Dr. Mary B. Douie, Dr. W. S. George,
and Mr. T. Hancock Nunn, has been appointed to go into the details
of each case so reported upon.
The Health Visitors are present at the meetings of this sub-committee,
so that they may answer any questions with regard to the cases
and other matters under discussion.
This Special Sub-Committee has been in existence since January,
1924; it took over the work previously carried on by me of investigating
the reports of the Health Visitors and other information relating to
these deaths, and special cases of illness associated with maternity.
The deliberations of the Sub-Committee, which includes all the medical
members of the Council, has been in no small measure assisted by
information supplied to me, personally, by medical practitioners. In
the case of still-births, for example, it is my custom immediately the
statutory notification under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, has
been received, to write to the notifying doctor, asking him the following
questions:—
"Private.
"I have received your notification of the still-birth attended