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(3) Post-Natal Care.
(a) Medical aid in complications after confinement, free or
at reduced cost.
(b) Consultant aid when Doctor calls in further help in
complications during the puerperium.
(c) Investigation of cases of puerperal sepsis or pyrexia.
(d) Treatment of puerperal sepsis or pyrexia in hospital
free of charge.
(e) Visits by Health Visitor after Midwife and Doctor
leave patient.
(/) Consultations at Health Centre by Medical Officer.
{g) Supply of milk free to nursing mothers in necessitous
circumstances.
(h) Investigation of maternal deaths.
Children.
(1) Medical attendance for four weeks after birth when Doctor
called in by Midwife.
(2) Visiting by Health Visitors at homes to give advice on
feeding and care of infants.
(3) Infant consultations at Health Centre by Medical Officer.
(4) Treatment of defects in children up to five years of age at
Health Centre :—
(a) Minor ailments.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
(d) Orthopaedic treatment.
(e) External eye disease.
(5) Nursing at home of cases of measles, whooping cough,
ophthalmia neonatorum, etc.
(6) Hospital treatment of severe or complicated cases of
measles.
The summary of the work of the Health Visitors and of the
activities of the Health Centres given at the end of this section
of the report conveys a good idea of the extent to which the special
medical and nursing services for mothers and children are utilized.