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Ante-natal Supervision.—This is given to all women attended by the
Municipal Midwives and in every case one or more examinations are made
and if necessary treatment is given by a doctor of the patient's choice. In
necessitous cases the fees for the medical services are paid by the Council.
In 1938 payments were made to medical practitioners in thirty cases.
Consultant.—The appointment of Mr. John Ellison, M.B., B.Ch.
(Cantab), F.R.C.S. (Ed.), as consulting obstetric surgeon for difficult cases
occurring within the district was continued.
An arrangement has been made with the Jubilee Hospital, Woodford
Green, under which both ante-natal and post-natal cases requiring the
opinion of a consultant are seen by Mr. Ellison at the hospital.
(2) Institutional Provision for Mothers or Children.—Over fifty per
cent.—400 out of 739—births in Wanstead and Woodford occurred in
private nursing homes.
Arrangements have been made with: —
(a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, for the reception of
difficult cases and cases where the home conditions are
unsuitable.
(b) Waltham Joint Hospital, for the reception of cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia.
3. Health Visitors.—Nurse Clarke, who previously had divided her
services between the Essex County and the Wanstead and Woodford
Borough, left us at the end of the year to work entirely under the Essex
County Council. I should like to take this opportunity of thanking her
for the valuable work she performed in Wanstead for so many years.
A full time Health Visitor has now been appointed to take her place.
The following particulars of the work done by the Health Visitors are
taken from Form M.C.W.96 (Revised), which was sent to the Ministry of
Health in advance of this report.
Number of visits paid during the year by the Health Visitors: —
(a) To children under one year of age: —
First visits 611
Total visits 1436
(b) To children between the ages of one and five years:—
Total visits 2331
Infant Welfare Centres.—The following attendances were recorded at
the five Centres serving the Wanstead and Woodford residents: —
(a) Children under one year of age 9024
(b) Children between the ages of one and five years 6112
4. Child Life Protection.—The Health Visitors are appointed Child
Life Protection Visitors under Part VII of the Public Health Act, 1936,
There were twenty-one foster-mothers and forty-one children on the
Register at the end of the year.
A total of two hundred and eight visits were paid by the Visitors.