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To:
The Medical Officer of Health,
Town Hall, Stratford, E. 15.
In accordance with my agreement to act as Home Help
to Mrs of
I hereby inform you that / began my duties on the day of 192
Signed
Home Help's Address
(Detach this slip and forward as directed above).
During 1926 there were 1,453 applications for the grant
of a Home Help. All these applications were investigated as
to the eligibility of the applicant for the grant, and a " Help "
was granted to 1,261 of the applicants, 178 being ineligible,
and the application withdrawn in 13 cases.
I am firmly of the opinion that the work done by these
women is of great value by saving many mothers from getting
up too soon after their confinement, with often its consequent
chronic ill-health due to pelvic trouble.
Midwives Act, 1902 & 1918.
Analysis of "Records of sending for Medical Aid," 1926: —
PREGNANCY— LYING-IN—
Abortion or Threatened 6 Breasts swollen 8
Albumenuria 5 Fits 1
Ante-partum Hasm 29 Secondary Post Partum Hæm 1
Dangerous varicose veins 1 Swollen and painful veins 5
Excessive Sickness 1 Temperature raised 44
Unsatisfactory condition 1 Unsatisfactory condition 38
CHILD—
LABOUR— Asphyxia 10
Excessive haemorrhage 25 Dangerous feebleness 41
Fits 2 Deformity 9
Mal-presentation 20 Fits 1
Placenta proevia — Found dead 6
Pres. or prolapse of cord 15 Inflam. and discharge of eyes 36
Prolonged labour 127 Prematurity 36
Retained placenta and membs— 42 Skin eruptions 21
Ruptured perineum 170 Unsatisfactory condition 52
Unsatisfactory condition 19 Haemorrhage of navel 1