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10. WALTHAMSTOW DISTRICT NURSING
ASSOCIATION.
The Association continued to do good work during 1933.
Mrs. Drury, the Hon. Secretary, reports that the Staff consists
of the Sister-in-Charge and seven trained nurses. Eight of the
eleven beds for which the Home is registered were in use during
the year and a total of 84 mothers were confined as in-patients.
On the District 76 Maternity cases, 249 midwifery cases and
883 general cases were attended. The total number of visits paid
was 12,210.
Your Council continued to make the same financial allowances
to the Association as were done during 1932.
During the year Dr. Cecilia Cohen, acting for the Association,
arranged an excellent course of Post Graduate lectures for midwives
which were well attended. Details of the lectures are given
below:—
Prolonged Labour Mr. R. Christie Brown.
Modern Improvements in Obstetrics Mr. McKim McCullagh.
Ante-Natal Care Dr. M. Sheppard.
Toxaemias of Pregnancy Dr. H. W. Harding.
Breach Delivery Mr. G. F. Gibberd.
The lectures are being continued during the current year.
11. CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIANS.
The services of the panel of Consultants under the Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia Regulations (referred to earlier in the Report)
are available to Practitioners in any difficulty arising during
pregnancy, labour or the puerperium.
Consultants' services were provided on four occasions.
Two of the patients were admitted to Hospital under the
Consultant called. All the four patients made good recoveries.
Recovery of fees is dccided according to the scale which has
been adopted in connection with the new Maternity Home.
12. MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902—1926.
Dr. Sheppard has acted as Inspector of Midwives and has
carried out the routine quarterly inspections, the result of which
have been generally satisfactory. Additional inspections in respect
of emergencies such as Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Puerperal Fever
and Pyrexia and Maternal Mortality, have been made by your
Medical Officer of Health.
Eighteen midwives gave notice of intention to practice in
January 1933 and 8 further notices were received in the course
of the vear.
The following table shows the work done by the midwives
during 1933:—