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Th; notifications in connection with Medical Aid can be
classified as follows:—
During Pregnancy 18
During Labour 108
During Lying-in Period 13
Infant 20
HELP WITH COST OF MIDWIFE S FEE.
During the year 214 cases were helped with the cost of their
Midwife's fee, compared with 164 in 1943.
OBSTETRIC SPECIALIST.
On one occasion the Obstetric Specialist at the North Middlesex
County Hospital was called in by an Enfield Practitioner for
assistance in a difficult Midwifery case.
HOME HELPS.
This scheme ceased to function in August 1943, owing to the
inability to obtain persons to do the work. The need for such a
service was as great in 1944 as it was in 1943, but no help could be
provided as it was still impossible to obtain persons to undertake
his type of work.
BIRTH CONTROL
During the year your Medical Officers have been prepared to
give advice on this subject in accordance with the authority given
by the Minister of Health in memorandum 153 M. and C.W. and
Circulars 128 and 1408.
CIRCULATION OF BOOKLET ON REARING
OF CHILDREN.
The booklet "To Mothers and Fathers" was circulated as
heretofore.
ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
During the year 1,535 mothers attended the Enfield Ante
Natal Clinics. This number included some mothers whose confinement
had not taken place by the end of the year.