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MATERNITY WARD.
Throughout the year the arrangements between the Council and
the Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial)
Hospital for the reception of maternity cases remained the same.
The following table gives particulars of the cases admitted under
the Council's scheme during the year: —
Cases admitted 2
For medical reasons 2
For unsuitable home conditions —
Normal confinements 1
Abnormal confinements 1
Both cases were referred from the Ante-Natal Clinic.
HOME HELP SERVICE.
In spite of difficulties created by prevailing conditions the Council's
Home Help Service functioned successfully during 1944.
The previous year the Council had approved an establishment of
four full-time and two part-time Home Helps, but even with the
co-operation of the Ministry of Labour and National Service considerable
difficulty was experienced in 1944 in maintaining the service at
full strength.
In 1943 when reviewing the facilities offered by the scheme the
Council had agreed to the extension of services to include the attendance
of Home Helps, when not required for maternity cases, at specified
cases of non-infectious sickness, particularly in cases where the care
of young children was necessary owing to the mother's illness. When,
therefore, Ministry of Health Circular No. 179/44 was received towards
the end of the year, suggesting certain extensions of Home Help
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