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SECTION B (II). MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
This service was in full operation during the year.
There have been no important changes or developments
to record, and with the exception of the following curtailments,
the services available are the same as detailed
on page 34 of Annual Report for 1938.
(i) 8 welfare sessions are held weekly .instead
of 9.
(ii) Free milk is dispensed through the National
Milk Scheme.
(iii) 5 midwives are engaged instead of 4.
(iv) Consultant Gynaecologist does not attend the
bi-monthly ante-natal clinic, but' is still
available for emergency general obstetric
work.
(v) Ear, Nose and Throat operative treatment at
the School Clinic is in abeyance pro tent.'
NATAL SERVICES.
Domiciliary Midwifery Service.
This service has functioned fnlly during 1940. The
following figures indicate briefly the extent of the work
of the municipal midwives during the year: —
Total number of bookings ... 273
Disposed of as follows:
Booked for midwife 156
Booked for maternity nurse 43
Booked for hospital 37
Subsequent transfers to hospital
9
Bookings cancelled, evacuation,
etc. 2S
No. of confinements attended :
As midwife 193
As maternity nurse 30
No. of visits by midwives:
Ante-natal 2047
Post-natal 3931