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financial year 1935-36 a grant of £75 was paid by the Council
to the Association to cover the supply of milk in necessitous
cases.
The Council have instituted a scheme for the supply of
milk to necessitous expectant and nursing mothers. A scale
of income was drawn up and approved bv the Ministry of
Health, and all cases recommended by the Assistant Medical
Officer are supplied with a pint of pasteurised milk daily,
at half-cost or free according to the financial circumstances
of the family.
The scheme came into operation in April, 1935, and up
to the end of the year 45 mothers had received milk free of
cost and 2 at half-cost. A sum of £75 was provided in the
estimates of the Maternity and Child Welfare Sub-Committee,
and has proved to be adequate.
Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal Fever.
Four cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified in 1935.
Two cases were removed to hospital and two were nursed at
home. All recovered.
Three cases of puerperal fever were notified and all
removed to hospital, where their treatment was successful.
The' notification of one case which died from puerperal fever
took place in another area.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
It is gratifying to be able to report that no case of
Ophthalmia Neonatorum was notified during the year.
Home Visiting.
During the year the Health Visitors made 4,556 visits
in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare work, as
compared with 4,296 in 1934.
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