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(c) Arrangements with the Isolation Block of Queen
Charlotte's Hospital for the admission of cases
of puerperal pyrexia and puerperal fever.
4. Obstetric Specialist available and also an Anaesthetist
should any practitioner require the services of either.
5. Outfits of sterile dressings provided, made to the
specification of the Obstetric Specialist. These are
available for all practitioners.
6. Maternity outfits for the use of women.
7. Milk provided for expectant and nursing mothers.
8. Dental treatment provided for expectant mothers.
9. There is a Municipal Midwife on the staff of the Public
Health Department and District Nursing Associations are
subsidised for ante-natal and post-natal care of cases
referred by the Medical Officer of Health.
10. Domiciliary midwifery is provided in necessitous cases,
either by the Municipal Midwife or by payment to a
private midwife but it is assured that each woman can
have the midwife of her choice.
11. F ees are reduced or remitted in accordance with the
Council's economic scale.
It will be seen that the services are very extensive and have
omitted nothing which lies in the power of a Local Authority to
add to the safety of childbearing. The ante-natal clinics continued
to grow in popularity and this year 449 women attended
for examination and advice.
All midwives are welcomed at the clinics but if they should
be unable to attend they are sent a letter recording the doctor's
notes of the examination of their patients.