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Midwifery and Maternity Services - Midwives Act, 1936.
A service of whole-time domiciliary midwives is provided by
the Wimbledon District Nursing and Midwifery Association under an
agreement with the Council.
Midwives Act3, 1902-1956.
The Council is the Local Supervising Authority for the
Midwives Acts in Wimbledon.
There were seven practising midwives in Wimbledon at the
end of 1939, one of whom was resident outside the Borough.
One hundred and ninety-one confinements were attended by midwives
and thirty-four by maternity nurses.
On the retirement of Dr. E. M. D. Craig, who had acted as
Inspector of Midwives for the Borough, these duties were taken over
by Miss I. M. Watts, the Superintendent of the Wimbledon district
Nursing and Midwifery Association.
Medical Aid forms were received in eighty-four instances.
The total fees paid to doctors by the Corporation during the
year under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918, amounted to
£105.3s.6d. The amount recovered from tho patients' relatives
v/as £23.0s.ld.
Public Health Act, 1936 (Child Life Protection); Children
and Young Persons Acct,1932; Children Act, 1908(Part 1)
The following figures relate to the administration of the above
acts in Wimbledon during 1939.
(i) Number of foster-mothers on the Register -
(a) At the beginning of the year .. 24
(b) At the end of the year 24
(ii) Number of children on the Register -
(a) At the beginning of the year 57
(b) At the end of the year 56
(c) Who died during the year –
(d) On whom inquests were held –
during the year –
Every foster-child was visited regularly. In all, one hundred
and fifty-two visits were made to the homes of foster-mothers.
Treatment Facilities.- With the exception of the Minor Ailment
Clinic the Special Clinics were suspended on the outbreak of war,
and re-opened on the following dates:-
Ophthalmic Clinic - 17th November;
Orthopaedic Clinic - 29th November;
Aural Clinic - 13th December.
Facilities for the operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids
remained available through the usual channels, throughout this period.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.- The following table shows that three
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified.
In no case did any impairment of vision occur.
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