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3. Emergency Units, (Flying Squads) should be provided,
whereby members of the staffs of maternity departments
will be available for the domiciliary treatment of maternity
patients whose condition is too grave to justify their
removal to Hospital:
Comment:
See Comment under 1(e) above.
4. Properly constructed, adequately equipped and suitably
staffed maternity accommodation, (including a sufficient
number of beds allocated to and reserved for ante-natal
patients) should be provided to meet the needs of every
area. Wherever practicable the accommodation should be
provided in association with general hospitals:
Comment:
See Comment under 1(c) above.
5. Arrangements should be made for:—
(a) adequate domiciliary visiting by Health Visitors of
expectant mothers with a view to encouraging them to
engage an attendant for the confinement, and place themselves
under ante-natal supervision at an early stage of
pregnancy:
Comment:
This is a routine duty of the Health Visitors.
(b) the provision of ante-natal clinics in every district
in which the number of expectant mothers justifies it. In
sparsely populated areas other arrangements should be
made for efficient medical domiciliary ante-natal supervision
:
Comment:
The provision of ante-natal clinic sessions as necessary
with growth of attendance, is the constant care of the
Council. When all the clinics be built, it can be said that
the Borough will be very well provided.
(c) the establishment of consultative ante-natal clinics
to serve every area
Comment:
Cases requiring consultative advice are referred to a
Hospital which appears appropriate to the individual case.
6. Satisfactory arrangements for the accommodation and
treatment of patients suffering from puerperal sepsis, and
from abortion, are essential:
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