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Maternity and Child Welfare.
by a District Nurse, one was attended by a trained
midwife, and the fourth by a monthly nurse who
appeared to carry out the directions of the medical
attendant.
7. Hospital Treatment of wasting or ailing children.
—The King Edward Memorial Hospital arranged in
the middle of the year to place six beds at the disposal
of the Council should these be required for the treatment
of wasting or ailing children, and during the six months
the arrangements have been in operation 16 children
have been under treatment. These sixteen cases
have had an average stay in the hospital of 33 days.
The charge made by the Hospital Committee for the
cases is £2 2s. a week for each bed occupied.
8. Operative Treatment for circumcision, etc.—Arrangements
have also been made by which such small
operations as circumcisions may be performed at the
King Edward Hospital at a fee of 7s. 6d. This fee is
paid to the Council by the mother, although the cost
is remitted when the parents are in necessitous circumstances.
During the year 22 of these operations were
performed at the Hospital.
9. Provision of Milk for children under 5 years of
age.—This has been considered with the provision of
milk for expectant and nursing mothers.
10. Supply of Dried Milk, etc.—Dried milk was
supplied at cost price to many mothers who could not
be called necessitous, but who could ill afford the high
cost of milk for their children. During the year 6,651
pound packets of dried milk were sold. " Chymol,"
cod liver oil emulsion, paraffin for internal use, olive
oil, and malt were sold at cost price under similar
circumstances the extent of the sales amounting to
£77 18s. 3d.