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Death of Mother or Child.
Twenty-six of the notices received related to infants and three to mothers.
The causes of death are embodied in Table IV, Infant Mortality, on page 108,
and Maternal Mortality on page 109.
Laying out the Dead.
Eleven notifications of having laid out a dead body were received. The
causes of death were as follows:—
Acute influenzal pneumonia; placenta praevia (2 notifications
received) 1
Acute yellow atrophy 1
Atelectasis of lungs; Caesarian section 1
General peritonitis; Caesarian section (2 notifications
received) 1
Patent foramen ovale; congenital malformation of heart 1
Prematurity 2
Stillborn infants 2
Stillbirths.
Thirty notifications were received. The causes of the stillbirths are
included in the particulars set out on page 100.
Liability to be a Source of Infection.
Thirty-two notices were received from midwives after attendance on 29
cases suffering from the following conditions:—
Discharging Ear 1
Discharging Eyes 1
Erysipelas 1
Influenzal Pneumonia 1
Mastitis 5
Otitis Media 1
Pemphigus Neonatorum 2
Puerperal Fever 3
Puerperal Pyrexia 11
Scarlet Fever 1
? Scarlet Fever 1
Stillborn Child 1
29*
* 16 of these were received from the Ilford Maternity Home.
Compensation.
In October, 1936, The Minister of Health sanctioned under Section 1 of
the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, the arrangements made by the
Council for the payment of compensation to a midwife whose patient has been
recommended by her to an Ante-Natal Clinic and has subsequently been
admitted to a Hospital or Home for confinement.
The Council have adopted the following conditions suggested by the
Minister in connection with the payment of such compensation:—
(1) That in each case the patient will be required to confirm the statement
that she had engaged the midwife to attend her confinement and had been
referred by the midwife to the Clinic.