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Hospital Treatment for Complicated Obstetric Cases.—
The Council have an arrangement with the Maternity Department
of the Nelson Hospital for the treatment of complicated
obstetric cases occurring in the Borough. The services of a
consultant obstetrician are available together with facilities
for any operative treatment that may be found necessary.
Patients admitted to hospital under this scheme are
required to contribute towards the cost of their maintenance,
whilst undergoing treatment, in accordance with a scale
which has been adopted by the Council.
During 1938 twenty-one patients received treatment under
this scheme for the following conditions:—
Threatened eclampsia 6
Albuminuria 1
Twin pregnancy with toxaemia 2
Contraction of pelvis 2
Contraction of pelvis — admitted for
Caesarian section 1
Breech presentation 1
Shock due to ante-partum hemorrhage—
Caesarian section performed 1
Œdema—admitted for ante-natal treatment
1
Circulatory failure and collapse 1
Primary anaemia 1
Repeated stillbirths 1
Other conditions 1
These facilities appear to have been an important factor
in reducing the number of maternal deaths occurring among
Wimbledon mothers during past years.
In July the Council agreed to an increase in the payment
from £2 17s. Od. to £3 10s. 0d. per week for complicated
obstetric cases admitted under their scheme to the Maternity
Department of the Nelson Hospital.
The cost of maintenance and treatment of the above
patients under this scheme amounted to £157 6s. 8d., of which
£32 19s. 9d. was recovered from the relatives.
Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing Mothers and
Infants.—There were one thousand five hundred and fortythree
applications for supplies of free milk under the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme from three hundred and
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