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Rushcliffe Report on the Scale of Salaries.
The Reports of the Nurses Salaries Committee (Rushcliffe) were
received at the end of the year and conditions recommended therein
were adopted in full and became operative from the 1st of April,
1944.
The home visitations of the health visitors included
1. Routine and special visits to expectant and nursing
mothers, and to children under five years.
2. Foster mothers and "daily minders" received regular visits.
3. Mothers who failed their appointments at the pre-natal
and post-natal clinics were visited immediately, the cause
found and new appointments made for them.
4. Mothers who were being evacuated for their confinement
were visited and given full instructions before their
departure.
5. Where defects were discovered during visits to the Welfare
clinics, the health visitors were responsible for ensuring
that the medical recommendations were carried out.
In addition to home visiting, the health visitors were in regular
attendance at the Maternity and Child Welfare Department in the
Town Hall, and at the three Municipal Health Centres, where they
arranged demonstrations in Mothercraft and assisted at the following
clinics:—
1. Pre-natal and post-natal clinics.
2. Infant and toddlers' clinics.
3. Sunlight treatment sessions.
4. Dental anaesthetic sessions for attendance on expectant
mothers.
Care of the Unmarried Mother and Illegitimate Children.
The urgency of this problem, aggravated by war conditions,
was outlined in a Ministry of Health circular received in October,
1943. In this area there already existed good co-operation between
the Department and the local voluntary organisations who deal with