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Further reference to Maternal Mortality and Puerperal Fever
and Pyrexia is made in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section
of the Report.
Health Visiting. . See
Children Act, 1908. Maternity
Orthopaedic Treatment. V and Child
Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Welfare
Mothers, etc. Section.
(xi) Maternity and Nursing Homes.—The Byelaws adopted
by your Council at the end of 1931 were approved by the Ministry
of Health on 30th March, 1932, and prescribe the method of keeping
records of (a) patients received into and children born in the
homes; (b) dates of admission and discharge; (c) payments; (d)
fatal cases; (e) details of confinements; (/) clinical records; (g)
infectious diseases; (h) removal of children ; and (i) inquest findings.
During the year 7 additional maternity beds were registered
at the Walthamstow District Nursing Association's Home, bringing
the total accommodation there to 11 maternity beds, and 2 maternity
beds at Heathfield Nursing Home, bringing the total accommodation
there to 4 general, 7 maternity and 1 ante-natal beds.
The total accommodation in the Borough at the end of 1932,
therefore, was 29 beds for maternity cases, 9 beds for general
cases, and 1 ante-natal bed.
The following table gives information required by the
Ministry of Health :—
1. Number of applications for
tion (for additional beds) 2
2. Number of Homes registered No new registrations.
3. Number of Orders made refusing or
cancelling registration Nil.
4. Number of appeals against such
Orders Nil.
5. Number of cases in which such Orders
have been made :
(a) Confirmed on appeal Nil.
(b) Disallowed Nil.
6. Number of applications for exemption
from registration Nil.
7. Number of cases in which exemption
has been—
(a) Granted Nil.
(b) Withdrawn Nil.
(c) Refused Nil.