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Further recommendations were forthcoming from the Rushcliffe
Committee as to salaries, and these were put into operation.
In addition to the Council Midwives, there were 2 Midwives
in independent practice in the district, and also 5 District Nurse
Midwives. Three Midwives, resident outside the Borough, undertook
cases in the district during the year.
(iv) Midwives Act, 1936.
The following gives a summary of the cases attended by the
Council Midwives, as Midwives, and as Maternity Nurses during
1946:—
TABLE 3.
As Midwives 489
As Maternity Nurses 163
(v) Hospitals: Public and Voluntary.
(a) Infectious Diseases.
(b) Maternity.
(c) Children.
(d) Other Cases.
There is nothing new to report in either of these sections.
2.—MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
(i) Ante-Natal Clinics.
These sessions continued as before, as, also, the Consultative
Ante-natal Clinic at Oldchurch County Hospital. Owing to the increased
numbers attending, one additional session was held per
month, this being restricted to new cases only.
During 1946, 1,469 individual expectant mothers attended the
clinics. In addition 20 mothers attended for post-natal advice.
In all 208 sessions were held during the year. The total number
of attendances of the 1,489 mothers mentioned above was 5,575,
giving an average of 3.7 attendances per patient. The average number
attending at each session was 26.8.
(ii) Infant Welfare Clinics.
This service continued on the same lines as last year, as, also,
the close co-operation with the Local Food Office, which enabled
satisfactory advantage to be taken of the schemes of the Ministry of
Food for the distribution of National Dried Milk, and Food
Supplements,