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Special Dental Cases Requiring In-Patient Treatment.
The arrangements with the Royal Dental Hospital for dealing with special cases requiring
multiple extractions was fully set out in last year's Report. Our thanks are again due to the Royal
Dental Hospital Authorities for their valuable help in this branch of the work.
During the year 1933, 12 cases received In-Patient Treatment through the Hospital under
this scheme.
With regard to nursing mothers, the scheme failed to come to fruition, due to the fact that the
Hospital Authorities would not take in the child with the nursing mother unless it was regarded as
a separate patient occupying a separate bed.
It was impossible to move them from this attitude, thus the scheme came to nothing. The
whole essence of the idea was that the child should be kept on the breast.
Notification of Births.
Number of live births notified during the year .. .. .. .. .. 1,287
Number of still births notified .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42
Notified by midwives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 897
Notified by parents or doctors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 432
No special measures exist for dealing with unmarried mothers or illegitimate children of such,
but cases not wholly destitute have derived benefit through the Council's scheme for grants of food
and milk.
We miss the co-operation which we have had for years from Dr. Sydney Owen, but I should
like to place on record the way in which his successor, Dr. Copeman, has filled the place from the
point of view of the medical cases, and also want to place on record my thanks to Mr. C. Jennings
Marshall, M.S., F.R.C.S., both at Charing Cross Hospital and at the Victoria Hospital for Children,
for the splendid work, and to the many others who help me in the various hospitals to bring health
and happiness to the little ones for whom I am responsible.
The Isleworth Nursing Association and the Osterley, North Hounslow and Heston Nursing
Association are the only Voluntary Societies in direct contact with the Council's Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme.
Special mention must be made of the undermentioned for services rendered at the Welfare
Clinics, and also for gifts of prams, toys, clothing, etc., which are given to the other mothers : Mrs.
Griffen, Mrs. Killick, Mrs. Northcote, Mrs. Goff, Mrs. Buchenham, Mrs. Clear, Mrs. Merritt, Mrs.
Hartley and Mrs. Edwards at the Hounslow (Douglas Road) Centre ; Mrs. Hugier and Mrs. Kilby
at the Ante-Natal Clinic ; Mrs. Killick, Mrs. Short, Mrs. MacDonald, Miss G. Quarterman, Mrs. Hunt
and Mrs. Clarke at the Hounslow (Clipstone House) Centre ; Mrs. Chedgey, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Newman,
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Major, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Sands and Mrs. Wright at the Isleworth
Centre ; Mrs. Ardley, Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Dowling, Mrs. Wolton and
Mrs. Fletcher at the Heston Centre.
At Clipstone House it has been the custom for the mother in better circumstances to provide
the layette and useful baby clothing for the expectant mother who has found it a difficult matter
owing to unemployment of the husband, etc.
VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES AND HELPERS.
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