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Ealing 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Notification.—The number of notifications received from midwives, in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, was as follows :

On account of a complication of pregnancy28
On account of a complication during labour120
On account of a complication during the puerperium11
On account of the health of the child26185
Still-birth7
Death:
Of mother
Of child3
Laying out of a Dead Body4
Artificial Feeding of Infant5
Liability of Midwife to be a source of infection7
211

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The notifications of sending for
medical assistance on account of the health of the child included
five cases of inflammation of, or discharge from, the eyes but none
of these cases were considered by the medical practitioner to be
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum.
Visits to midwives.—Routine visits to the number of 37 were
made by the Assistant Medical Officer who acts as Inspector of
Midwives. In addition seven special visits were made, six being
in connection with cases of puerperal infection which had occurred
among cases attended by midwives.
Payment of medical fees.—The Town Council paid fees to local
medical practitioners, called in by midwives, amounting to
£170 4s. 6d. in respect of 138 claims submitted. The fees were
paid in accordance with the scale laid down by the Minister of
Health. Where the circumstances permitted, the whole, or part,
of the fee was recovered from the husband of the patient. The
amount recovered was £53 14s. 9d.