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Wimbledon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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afternoons, was opened on the 12th September, 1946 at 28 Kings
Road, Wimbledon, the Headquarters of the Wimbledon District
Nursing and Midwifery Association.
The following table shows the average attendance per session at the Centres:—
| Ante-natal Clinics: | ||
| Pelham Road (Mondays) | 49 | 25.12 |
| Pelham Road (Saturdays) | 48 | 19.16 |
| Wandle Park (held fortnightly) | 28 | 16.53 |
| Kings Road (held fortnightly) | 7 | 12.14 |
| Infant Welfare Centres: | ||
| Pelham Road (Tuesdays) | 52 | 81.65 |
| Pelham Road (Fridays) | 51 | 80.41 |
| Cottenham Park | 50 | 85.50 |
| Wandle Park | 51 | 53.00 |
| Wimbledon Park | 49 | 99.84 |
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 Borough Council made in accordance with
Section 1(1) of the Midwives Act, 1936. There were three domiciliary
midwives so employed at the end of 1946.
During the year they dealt with 210 cases as midwives and 25
as maternity nurses. In addition, they attended 29 cases of miscarriage.
Their future bookings for 1947 amounted to 142.
The total amount paid by relatives during the year was £458 17s. 5d.
Midwives Acts, 1902 /' 1936.
For the purposes of the Midwives Acts the Borough Council is
the Local Supervising Authority in Wimbledon.
There were in all four practising midwives in Wimbledon at the
end of 1946.
Medical aid was summoned by midwives on 125 occasions. The
total fees paid to doctors under Section 14(1) of the Midwives Act,
1918, amounted to £149 10s. 0d., of which £105 19s. 3d. was recovered
from patients' relatives.
The following is an analysis of the conditions for which medical aid was summoned: —
| Ruptured perineum | 44 |
| Slight inflammation of infants' eyes | 20 |
| High blood pressure | 10 |
| Pyrexia | 8 |
| Prematurity | 8 |
| Albuminuria | 5 |
| Abortion | 3 |