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Discussions were continued in 1938 by the sub-committee, the
principal points to which the sub-committee's attention was drawn
being:—
(1) Insufficient Maternity and Ante-natal beds.
(2) No provision of Consultant Ante-natal clinics.
(3) No provision of Consultant Post-natal clinics.
With regard to the first point, it was decided to wait for the
increased accommodation of maternity beds which will be available in
1940 at the St. Helier Hospital.
The Committee decided to ask Mr. Douglas Lindsay, M.D., Ch.B.,
F.R.F.P.S. (G.), M.C.O.G., 6, Beech House Road, Croydon, who was
appointed in June as additional consultant obstetrician, to attend the
Nursing Association Premises once a month to see both Ante-natal and
Post-natal cases referred from the Ante-natal clinic and by the general
practitioners of the area for the consultant's opinion.
An agreement was reached with the County Borough of Croydon,
by which the Croydon Emergency Unit will be made available in Beddington
and Wallington, at an agreed fee.
The unit will operate from Mayday Road Hospital, and will be
called by practitioners requiring its service. This provision meets all
the requirements desired by the Minister of Health and now all matters
in Circular 1622 have been discussed and dealt with by the Council,
and it remains for the practical application of the recommendations
to make headway in the district, before an assessment of their value
can be judged.
General practitioners in the area have been informed and are
fully conversant with all the matters relating to Maternity and Child
Welfare Service in which the Council have interested themselves; it
is anticipated that a helpful co-operation will ensure the success of
all these measures.
The District Nursing Association midwives continue to perform
yeoman service, their work being materially increased in 1938 as the
result of the operations of the Midwives Act, 1936.
ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
Ante-natal Clinics are held weekly, with an average attendance
of about 20 pregnant women. The Clinic is housed in the Nurses'
Home, Montagu Gardens, where very good accommodation is rented
by the Council from the District Nursing Association.
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