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Woolwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 80.
| Condition. | No. of Cases. | Treatment | Discharged. | Still attending. | Ceased attending. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broug't forward | New | Conservative. | Operation. | None requir'd | Cured. | Much improved. | Improved. | I.S.Q. | |||
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 65 | 149 | 122 | 85 | 7 | 44 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 84 | 54 |
| Catarrhal Sinusitis | 31 | 119 | 139 | 11 | - | 35 | 9 | 4 | - | 60 | 42 |
| Chronic tonsillitis | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | - | — | 9 | 5 |
| Otorrhœa | 8 | 51 | 58 | 1 | — | 33 | — | - | - | 15 | 11 |
| Earache | — | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Epistaxis | - | 6 | 6 | - | — | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Asthma | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | - |
| Injury | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngeal stridor | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | - | 1 | - | - |
| Furunculosis | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | - |
| Cervical Lymphadenitis | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Wax in ea | 1 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | - | — | 1 |
| TOTAL | 111 | 358 | 359 | 101 | 9 | 125 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 175 | 118 |
Compensation to Midwives.—Whenever an assistant medical officer finds it
necessary to recommend hospital treatment for expectant mothers referred to
the Council's ante-natal clinics for ante-natal examination by midwives, the midwife
loses her patient if the mother accepts the advice of the medical officer and is admitted
to hospital. In these cases the Council make a payment of 10s. by way of compensation
to the midwife subject to certain conditions, which were given in detail
in my Annual Report for 1937, being complied with. During the year no compensation
was paid.
Payment of Midwives' Fees.—Following on the establishment of the London
County Council Salaried Midwives Service, the Council decided to omit from their
scheme payments to midwives of twenty five shillings per case, when patients
were unable to pay their fees.
Administration of the Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.—The Council's Scheme for the diagnosis and treatment
of these conditions provides for the services of a consultant—Mr. H. G. Taylor,