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The Town Council are responsible for the payment of the fees
of medical practitioners when called in by midwives and in respect
of the period of three months under review 15 claims were sent
in by medical practitioners and fees amounting to £18 17s. 6d.
were paid to them. In each case in which a payment is made to
a medical practitioner the financial circumstances of the family are
considered and the husband is requested to refund a part of the
amount paid in accordance with a Scale laid down by the Town
Council. The amount of the fees reclaimed was £8 14s. Od.
Visits to Midwives—The number of visits made by the
Inspector of Midwives, Dr. Edna I. Langston, in connection with the
supervision of midwives, apart from those resident in the Maternity
Hospital who are under the Matron's continuous supervision,
was as follows:—
Routine Visits of Inspection, Etc. 17
Special Visits of Enquiry 7
The routine visits of inspection have shown that the midwives
practising in the Borough maintain a very satisfactory standard.
The visits of enquiry were in connection with special cases, which
were as follows:—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1
Discharge from Baby's Eyes (not
Ophthalmia) 1
Puerperal Pyrexia 2
Rise of Temperature: (not Puerperal
Pyrexia) 1
Infantile Septicaemia (liability of Midwife
to be a source of Infection) 1
Other Visit 1
On no occasion could the conduct of the midwife be questioned.