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Medical Aid Forms sent by Midwives 33
Rise of Temperature 3
Torn Perineum 15
Delayed Labour 5
Malpresentation 3
Adherent Placenta 1
Discharging Eyes 1
Malformation of Infant 1
Convulsions in Infant 1
Fractured Coccyx 1
Post Partum Haemorrhage 1
Number of cases which attended the ante-natal clinics 51
Thirty-one other midwives resident in the district declared their
intention to practice in 1945. Of these, 22 were on the staff of the
St. Helier Hospital, 4 on the staff of the War Memorial Hospital,
3 were District Nursing Association Midwives, and one a County
Council midwife.
Voluntary Helpers.
The scheme has always had the assistance of voluntary helpers
in the Infant Welfare Clinics. Nine ladies gave their valuable services
in 1945 with the same regularity and enthusiasm as they have
always shown.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
The Health Visitors act as inspectors under the Child Life Protection
provisions of the Public Health Act 1936. The following
details indicate the extent of their activities during the year : —
Number of registered foster homes with children at the
year end 18
Number of new homes registered during the year 10
Number of foster homes removed from the register
during the year 9
Total number of foster homes supervised 27
Number of children admitted to the register during
the year 17
Number of children removed from the register during
the year 20
Total number of children on the register at year end 22
Total number of children on the register during the year 39
Number of children who died during the year —
Number of inquests held —
Number of visits made to foster homes 98
Legal proceedings —
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939.
This Act, which came into operation in 1943, imposed upon the
Welfare Authority the duty of visiting and examining children under
9 years of age in the care of adopters and the premises in which
the children are being kept during the period before an Adoption
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