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reports to the Senior Medical Officer, Ministry of Health,
in the form specified by the Ministry. One investigation
was made during the year.
During the year 13 cases were notified as Puerperal
Pyrexia under the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal
Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.
Immediate investigation was made into the circumstances
of each case, and a copy of the notification sent to
the County Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 13 cases notified as Puerperal Pyrexia, 9 were
either admitted to or already in-patients at the Kingston
and District Hospital, and one died, which was a case from
outside the Borough.
The consultant, Dr. Andrew McAllister, was not
summoned during the year.
(iii) Ante-Natal Services.
1. The Ante-Natal Centre is held fortnightly and serves
not only the purpose of an examination clinic, but also as a
centre of education for mothers and midwives.
2. An increasing use of the Centre is being made by
midwives for the ante-natal supervision of cases for which
they are booked to attend.
3. The presiding doctor at the Ante-Natal Centre has
the special experience and qualifications necessary, and has
been approved by the Ministry of Health.
4. The supply of midwives for the Borough appears to
be adequate.
5. The services of a consulting obstetric surgeon are
available to all medical practitioners for cases of Puerperal
Sepsis.
6. No hospital beds are subsidised or provided by the
Council. No difficulty has arisen in respect of application
for admission of such patients to the Kingston and District
Hospital, which is situated in the Borough.
7. The Council does not provide sterilized maternity
outfits, nor arrange for the supply of home helps.
Dried milk may be obtained by expectant mothers at
the Centre at cost price, and fresh milk is supplied at a
reduced cost or free in necessitous cases, in accordance with
the income scale in force.