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Leaving out of account cases treated by the Plaistow
Maternity Centre, the probable cost to the Authority in
granting this facility will be about £2b.£30.
Complications, subsequent to delivery, such as
Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum are treated
at your Isolation Hospital and expenditure in this direction
will qualify for grant.
(c) Infant and Child Welfare.—This portion of
the scheme is already in operation, and grants will be obtained
for work already done. Further developments and
amplifications will be necessary in the future, but for the
present the work in hand as far as it goes has been approved
.
The estimated expenditure for the coming year should
not exceed £150, half of which will be repaid.
Work done by the Health Visitors.
There were 983 births notified during the year and 977
registered. As many as 88 per cent, of the number of births
notified received a visit from the Health Visitors. Out of 983
cases 406 were attended by a general practitioner and 577 by
midwives; of these 232 received their assistance from the local
branch of the Plaistow Maternity Charity.