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Circular 1167 and Memorandum 156—M.C.W.—The
following extensions of the Maternity and Child Welfare services
were sanctioned by your Council during the year 1931 and were in
full operation during 1932:—
1. Weekly Infant Welfare sessions at Higham Hill and
Highams Park with massage facilities at the former.
2. Appointment of an additional Health Visitor.
3. An arrangement for the admission of certain cases of
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia to Queen Charlotte's Hospital Isolation
Block at Hammersmith provided the patient pays the necessary
fees.
4. The payment of a subsidy to the Walthamstow District
Nursing Association for the provision of:—
(a) Home nursing in certain cases of Puerperal Fever and
Pyrexia.
(b) An emergency midwife.
5. Provision of a panel of Consulting Obstetricians to act in
cases of difficulty during pregnancy, labour, or the puerperium.
6. The provision of a monthly consultative Ante-Natal Clinic
(provided under the Public Health Act).
7. Assistance in the provision of qualified midwives in order
to eliminate the handywoman.
The service cannot be considered to be really complete until
the proposed Maternity Home has been brought into use. The
appointment of a municipal midwife has been postponed until the
Home is ready. The erection of the Maternity Home was begun in
February, 1933.
The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1932 are given
in the following table:—