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Barking 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Each mother will be visited by one of the Council's
servants or a voluntary worker, and advised to attend the
Maternity Centre.
A medical practitioner of the district will attend once
weekly at a convenient place and will examine and advise
all those presenting themselves. He will correct errors of
life and treat such abnormalities as are observed. In such
cases where food is deficient certain charities are available
whereby nourishment can be obtained.
The cost of this portion of the scheme will be : —
| Medical Attendance one after | |
| noon, per week | £52 per annum |
| Visiting | £15 „ |
| Incidental Expenses | £5 „ |
| Rent of Room | £25 „ |
| £97 „ | |
(b) Puerperal Abnormalities or Difficulties of
Labour.—All cases of complicated pregnancy, such as
severe bleeding and difficulties of delivery, which cannot
be treated at home, are to be removed to the Plaistow
Maternity Centre by means of the ambulance already possessed
by the Council. In such cases where midwives require
medical assistance and the husband is unable to pay
the necessary fee, application should be made to the Council
for assistance, which may be paid in whole or part, according
to the circumstances of the household. The following
scale is suggested:—
For delivery with Forceps or other £ s. d.
operation requiring Cholroform
and after treatment 2 2 0
Difficult Delivery and Attendance 1 1 0
Single Attendance at Night 0 5 0
Single Attendance during day 0 2 6