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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southall 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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included in the above tables, the figures of applications for services which were
granted were as follows:—
Table No . 30.
| Service | Free | Part cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Provision of a midwife at confinement: (a) Primiparae | 10 | 39 |
| (b) Multiparae | 95 | 121 | |
| 2. | Provision of home help at confinement | 30 | 20 |
| 3. | Provision of sterilised accouchement sets | 11 | 2* |
| 4. | Provision of consultant for cases of difficult labour | - | - |
| 5. | Provision of consultant for Puerperal cases | - | - |
| * In addition, about 155 sets were supplied at " full cost." | |||