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15
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
It may perhaps be within the recollection of the Council that
this question was at their Meeting in October, 1914, deferred until
November, 1915.
In the meantime, on September 1st, 1915, the Notification of
Births (Extension) Act, 1915, came into operation, and on November
26th I submitted the following Special Report:—
Public Offices,
Enfield,
26th November, 1915.
SPECIAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS AND INFANT WELFARE
Gentlemen,
Pursuant to your resolution that I should bring up a Report
and detailed estimate for a comprehensive scheme on lines indicated
by the Local Government Board and capable of being put into
force gradually, I now beg to submit the following:—
Memorandum.
Local Government Board.
A complete scheme would
comprise the following elements,
each of which will, in
this connection, be organised
in its direct bearing on infantile
health.
1. Arrangements for the local
supervision of Midwives.
2. Arrangements for :—
Ante-Natal.
(1) An a te-natal Clinic for
expectant mothers.
(2) The home visiting of
expectant mothers.
(3) A Maternity Hospital or
beds at a hospital, in
which complicated cases
of pregnancy can receive
treatment.
Remarks by M.O.H.
as under:—
This is already done by the
Middlesex County Council.
Provided for in scheme submitted.
do.
Cases at present sent to
Hospitals at Tottenham and
London and no difficulty has
been experienced.