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Ealing 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Death

Of mother_
Of child3
Laying out of a Dead Body5
Artificial Feeding of Infant9
Liability of Midwife to be a source of infection17

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—-The notifications of sending for
medical assistance on account of the health of the child included
twenty-four cases of inflammation of, or discharge from, the eyes.
Ten of these cases were notified by the medical practitioner as
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum.
Visits to midwives.—Routine visits to the number of 25 were
made by Dr. Dorothy Taylor, who acts as vSupervisor of Midwives.
Supervision of midwives engaged in district practice has been
rendered much simpler since the inauguration of the Midwifery
Service. The majority of the district midwives are now on the
staff of the Public Health Department and their co-operation with
the general scheme of Maternity and Child Welfare is complete.
Payment of medical fees.—The Town Council paid fees to local
medical practitioners, called in by midwives, amounting to
£254. 19s. 6d. in respect of 234 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 £67. 13s. 2d.