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Post-Partum Hæmorrhage1
Puerperal Pyrexia (Influenzal) 1
Rupture of Perineum 1
Percentage of total midwife's cases which attended the
Council's ante-natal clinics—100%.
According to notices received by the Surrey County Council,
there were sixteen midwives practising in the district, of
whom five were salaried midwives appointed under the County
Scheme and eight members of the staff of the Nelson Hospital.
Voluntary Helpers. A gratifying feature of our welfare
services in the district is the contribution made voluntarily by
a loyal and devoted band of women inspired by the motive of
service and it is one of the advantages in compiling this annual
record of the activities of the public health department that it
affords me an opportunity of expressing my thanks to them
and to draw attention to the value of their work.
Child Life Protection. It will be seen that there are 8
foster-mothers and 9 foster children under the supervision
of our Health Visitors who act as Child Life Protection Visitors
for the purposes of the Infant Life Protection powers provided
for in the Public Health Act, 1936.
115 visits were paid to these homes during the year, which
is an average of 14 visits per home per year. As has been
mentioned before we find it impossible to recruit fostermothers
even to serve for short periods in cases of emergency
where a mother is suddenly removed to hospital and a home
is required to be .found for the child or children.
Information from the County Public Health Department
is to the effect that there are no children boarded out in our
district by the Surrey County Council under public assistance
or other arrangements. Further assurances have been received
that information would be passed to the department if any
such children were boarded out in our area.
The following are the main facts relating to child life
protection work ditring the year:—
Registered homes under supervision during the year 16
Registered homes under supervision at end of year 8
New homes registered during the year 7
Children on register at end of year 9
Children brought on to register during year 17
Children removed out of district during year 12
Visits paid to nurse children 115
Number of children who died during year —
Number of cases where-legal proceedings taken —
39