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TONSILS AND ADENOIDS.
The numbers treated during the year were - 13.
HOME HELPS.
Number of cases where Home Helps were sent - 87.
INFECTI0US ILLNESSES.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Nineteen cases were notified during the year and
of this number 16 cases were in North Middlesex County Hospital, 3
of which were Edmonton cases.
Puerperal Pyrexia. 102 cases were notified during the year and of
this number 82 were notified from North Middlesex County Hospital of
which 23 were Edmonton cases. Out of the.20 remaining Edmonton
mothers, 9 were sent to Queen Charlotte's Hospital, one to the Enfield
and Edmonton Joint Isolation Hospital, and all of them made a
complete recovery.
MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES.
The number of claims made by doctors for medical a id during the year
1939 was - 232.
MUNICIPAL. MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
The following gives information as to the actual bookings for 1939:-
Number of women who booked during 1939 735
Less bookings cancelled for various reasons, e.g. admitted to
hospital, left district etc. 82
703
Of this number 134 were granted the,services of a midwife free of
charge, the women having made application for assistance from the Council.
A total of 546 confinements were carried out by the Municipal Midwives,
namely 509 as midwives and 37 as maternity nurses,
ANTE-NATAL SCHEME OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL.
Under an arrangement with the Middlesex County Council the Health
Visitors visited 235 homes during the year where women had applied to
the North Middlesex County Hospital for admission and the Authorities
desired to have a report on the home circumstances.
357 women were referred to the Council's Ante-Natal Clinics for
attendance for routine supervision purposes prior to their confinements,
CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE DISCHARGED FROM THE NORTH MIDDLESEX
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
46 visits were paid to children under 5 years of age who had been
discharged from the North Middlesex County Hospital, and it was
necessary for them to remain under supervision.