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Leyton 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Home Helps.
Under the Council's scheme for the provision of home helps,
166 applications, 24 of whom made application in 1943, for home
helps were dealt with. In 122 cases home helps were provided,
14 of these cases having the charges remitted in accordance with the
Council's scale. In the 44 remaining cases, 20 made other arrangements
for the confinement, and 24 cases had not been confined at
the end of the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Ten cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified during the
year.
The causes of pyrexia were considered to be:—
| Local uterine infection | 4 |
| Mastitis | 1 |
| Not known | 2 |
| Endometritis | 1 |
| Obstructed labour | L |
| Prolonged labour | 1 |
| 10 |
Obstetric Consultant.
. The advice of the Council's Consultant Obstetrician was
sought on one occasion during the year.
Maternity Mortality.
There were 2 maternal deaths of Leyton residents during
the year.
Medical Aid.
In accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives' Board,
a midwife must notify the Local Supervising Authority within 36
hours of every occasion on which she sends for medical aid. One
hundred and seventy-one such notifications were received.
Fees paid to Doctors under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives' Acts,
1918.
One hundred and sixty accounts were received from general
medical practitioners for assistance rendered to midwives under
the provisions of this section. The total amount paid to medical
practitioners during the year was £255 17s. 6d.