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Although the details of the Council's scheme were
reported in full in the Annual Report for 1927, the matter is
of such importance that they are repeated again this year.
The Council's scheme is as follows:—
(а) Mr. H. G. Taylor, F.R.C.S., has been appointed as
Consultant at a fee of £3 3s. Od. per consultation,
with the addition of £1 Is. Od. for the time spent in
travelling, and a further fee of £1 Is. Od. if treatment
is carried out, with a minimum annual payment
of 20 guineas;
(б) Arrangements have been entered into with the
Seamen's Hospital Society for carrying out the
bacteriological work under the regulations at a fee
of half-a-guinea per examination, the fee to cover
the supply of the necessary outfits. If the bacteriologist
is required to attend at the home of the
patient, an additional fee of one guinea is charged.
(c) Under the general nursing arrangements in force,
provision has been made for the nursing of cases of
puerperal fever, and it was only necessary to extend
these arrangements for the nursing of cases of
puerperal pyrexia. A fee of is. 3d. per visit is
paid for each approved visit.
Hospital provision for these cases is provided in the
hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. During the
year, Mr. Taylor was asked to see two cases in consultation.
One bacteriological examination was made. Nursing assistance
was provided in two cases.
The statistics relating to the incidence of puerperal fever
are given in that part of the report dealing with the prevalence
and control of infectious diseases.