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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Municipal Midwifery.

Sister Leaton whose appointment to the position of Municipal Midwife was recorded in the last report submits the following statistical report upon her work during the year:—

Municipal CasesSt. Bartholomew's Hospital Cases
No. of cases attended5581
No. of ante-Natal visits148350
No. of ante-Natal Clinics attended46-
No. of post-Natal Clinics attended2-

To understand this table it is necessary to remember that Sister Leaton
takes cases in the Borough who apply for her services (Municipal cases)
and also attends the confinements and acts as Maternity Nurse in cases conducted
in Shoreditch by Students from St. Bartholomew's Hospital (St.
Bartholomew's Hospital cases).
The full fee for Municipal cases is 25s. for the first child and 21s. for
other children, and the Council have approved a comprehensive scheme
under which these charges can be remitted in whole or in part to those whose
income falls below a certain scale.
The Council receives 15s. from St. Bartholomew's Hospital for every case
in which Sister Leaton acts as Maternity Nurse in the manner described.
Local Government Act, 1929.
The conditions, subject to which the grant formerly payable by the
Ministry of Health to the Voluntary Institutions reported upon in this subsection,
is now to be paid by the Borough Council out of the Treasury block
grant, are set forth in the Ministry of Health scheme prepared under Section
101 of the Act.
Subject to these conditions the following voluntary organizations receive
the discontinued Ministry grant.
Shoreditch School for Mothers.
At its meeting in February the Council agreed to increase its contribution
to this Association from £955 to £1,205 per annum.
In connection with this matter, it is of interest to remember that the
smaller sum of £955 was made up as follows: £200 paid to the School for
Mothers, Herbert Street, in respect of delegated duties under the Maternity
and Child Welfare Act, and £755 payable under the terms of the Local
Government Act, 1929, in respect of discontinued grant how included in the
Treasury Block grant to the Borough Council,