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Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year 47 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were
notified under the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal
Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926, and the
Public Health Act, 1936. Such cases are all now notified
under the heading Puerperal Pyrexia, as from the 1st
October, 1937.
Immediate investigation was made into the circumstances
of each case, and a copy of each notification sent to
the County Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 47 cases nofified, 43 were either admitted to, or
already in-patients at, the Kingston County Hospital. None
of the cases notified ended fatally.
The consultant, Mr. Andrew McAllister, was not
summoned during the year.
(c) Ante-Natal Services.
The Ante-Natal Clinic was held four times a month.
Miss Beatrice Turner, M.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), presided
at the Centre and is recognised as Consultant Obstetrician
for the Borough.
A full description of the Ante-Natal Services was given
in the Annual Report for 1932.
Dried milk may be obtained by expectant mothers at
the Centre either free, or at reduced or cost price, and
fresh milk is supplied at a reduced cost or free in necessitous
cases, in accordance with the income scale in force.
During the year 207 expectant mothers attended,
making 789 visits to the Clinic.
Forty mothers made post-natal visits to the Clinic.
(d) The Infant Welfare Clinic.
The Clinic is held at the Health Centre in Grange
Road, which was described in the Annual Report for 1931.
Meetings are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays,
when Dr. Olive Aubrey and the Medical Officer of Health
attended and much valuable help was given by many voluntary
workers.