View report page

43
Obstetric Consultant.
The advice of the Council's Consultant Obstetrician was
not sought during the year.
Maternity Mortality.
There were 3 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.
Eighty-five such notifications were received.
Fees paid to Doctors.
One hundred and seventy-one accounts were received from
general medical practitioners for assistance rendered to midwives
under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners (Fees) Regulations,
1936. The total amount paid to medical practitioners during the
year was £279 9s. 6d.

Report by Dr. Anne S. Clark, M.B., Ch.B.
During the year 14 sessions of the Post-Natal and Gynaecological
Clinic were held. The number of new patients who attended
was 116, out of 175 who received appointments to attend (= 66
per cent.). Of these, 76 were post-natal (i.e., they had had
confinements within the previous three months); and 40 were
gynaecological.
The disposal of these cases was as follows:—
Discharged after one attendance 45
Re-attended for examination and treatment 71