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Totals at all Clinics.
New Cases. Totals, New and Old.
Post-Natal 5 Post-Natal 53
Ante-Natal 180 Ante-Natal 694
Gynaecological 2 Gynaecological 2
Dr. Winifred Small is the Medical Officer of the Ante-Natal Clinics,
and is to be congratulated upon the success of the Ante-Natal work.
All cases attending are seen by her personally.
Obstetric Specialists.
In November, 1934, the Council appointed Mr. Leslie Williams
and Mr. Joseph Wrigley, both of whom are Specialists in this work
attached to London Hospitals, as Obstetric Specialists to the Council.
Their services are available for advice, and, if necessary, treatment
in any case in which obstetrical difficulty is anticipated or realised, or
Puerperal Pyrexia or Fever develops, in any ratepayer in the District.
The Council reserves the right to recover part, or all of the cost involved
from the family.
During 1935 only one case required the services of one of these
Specialists.
Maternity Cases.
During the year arrangements were made for the admission of 80
cases to the Purley Memorial Hospital for their confinement under the
Council's scheme, as compared with 86 and 68 in 1934 and 1933.
The Hospital is situated just within the boundary of the County
Borough of Croydon, and hence its supervision as a Maternity Home is
the responsibility of the Medical Officer of Health for that area.
The Council had the call on three beds in this Hospital, but owing
to the number of applications for admission a request for this to be
increased to four beds was made at the end of 1934. It was also suggested
at that time that, with the growing need of the District, consideration
should be given to the question of enlarging or building a new maternity
ward.
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