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100
For complications during pregnancy:—
Albuminuria 9 Threatened abortion 1
Varicose veins 2 Miscarriage 3
Oedema 2 Threatened miscarriage 1
Haemorrhage 2 Other conditions 9
Total 29
For complications during labour:—
Delayed 1st and 2nd Post-partum haemor-
stage 26 rhage 6
Perineal laceration 53 Ante-partum haemor-
Malpresentation 5 rhage 5
Twins 3 Retained placenta 5
Pyrexia 8 Abdominal pain 1
Other conditions 9
Total 121
For complications in regard to the infant:—
Prematurity and feeble- Asphyxia 2
ness 11 Other conditions 13
Discharging eyes 16
Total 42
Details of medical aid notices issued by midwives employed at
Thorpe Coombe are given in the Maternity Hospital report.
Midwives resident in Walthamstow also attended 134 midwifery
patients and 62 maternity patients who were resident
outside the Borough.
Compensation for Loss of Cases.—Compensation is made
to midwives by the payment of 10s. per confinement lost by reason
of the reference of the patient from the Council's Ante-Natal
Clinic to hospital on account of any abnormality.
One claim for compensation was made during 1937. Hospital
treatment was required owing to mal-present at ion.
Assistance re Midwives' Fees.—In order to endeavour to
eliminate the handywoman by the provision of a certified midwife
acting as maternity nurse the Council adopted a scale of fees for