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BIRTH CONTROL
No Birth Control clinic was held, in the borough. Women
for whom pregnancy was inadvisable for medical reasons were
referred to the birth control clinic at Hounslow.
CARE OF MOTHERS DURING CONFINEMENT
The Corporation have not established a Maternity Home,
and have no formal agreement with any hospital for the reception
of complicated or difficult cases. Cases of this
nature are referred to the West Middlesex County Hospital.
During October 1940, Section 6 of the Midwives Act, 1936
(forbidding unqualified persons to act as maternity nurses)
was applied to Twickenham.
SUBSEQUENT TO CONFINEMENT
Ten cases of puerperal pyrexia occurred during the year;
of those, 3 were admitted to the West Middlesex County Hospital,
3 were treated in a Nursing Home, and 4 were treated at home;
all the patients recovered.
No application was received during the year for the
services of a consultant in cases of puerperal pyrexia.
Post-natal care is carried out at the ante-natal clinics
and mothers are urged to attend. 71 post-natal patients
attended at Ante-natal and Infant Welfare sessions, as against
21 in 1938, and 98 in 1939.
Two maternal deaths occurred in the borough.
DENTAL TREATMENT
The following received dental treatment during the year:-
Expectant Mothers 17
Nursing Mothers 19
Patients supplied with
dentures 39
Dentures supplied 73
HEALTH VISITORS
No change took place in the number (8) of the Council's
Health Visitors, who also carry out the duties of school nurses
on behalf of the Middlesex County Council.
Their visits included the following:-
To expectant mothers 338
To children under 1 year of age 3961
To children between 1 and 5 years
of age 6360
In addition, visits were paid to homos of children of school
age on account of suspected infectious disease, and for following
up those recommended for medical treatment or observation. The
Health Visitors also attended as required at minor ailment and
dental clinics.
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