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FREE MEALS.
From September 1941 the following free meals were granted' at British
Restaurants to Expectant and Nursing Mothers who came within the necessary
scale of income:-
No. of applications received 34
No. of applications granted free of charge 29
No. of applications Above Scale 5
No.of renewals 9
Total number of meals supplied. 595
CONVALESCENT CASES.
20 children were sent away under contract with the Invalid Children s Aid
Association, plus one still away who was sent in 1940.
TONSIL AND ADENOIDS.
48 children were admitted to hospital for Tonsils end Adenoids operation
during 1941, of this number 32 paid the full cost fixed by the Committee,
11 were free and 5 were through the H.S.A.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Eight cases were notified during the year, and of
this number 7 cases occurred in the North Middlesex County Hospital, none of
which were Edmonton cases.
Puerperal Pyrexia. 112 cases were notified during the year, and of this
number 107 occurred in the North Middlesex County Hospital of which 23
were Edmonton cases. Three others were admitted to the Enfield and
Edmonton Isolation Hospital, and one occurred in the Mothers Hospital,
Clapton.
Pemphigus Neonatorum. One notification only was received during the year
which was an Edmonton case.
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Medical Aid
The number of claims made by doctors for Medical Aid during the year 1941
was 177, of this number 45 cases were granted free of charge and 10 at
half cost.
Midwifery.
The following gives information as to the actual bookings for 1941:-
Number of women who booked during 1941 397
Of this number 165 were granted the service of a midwife free, 26 were
assessed at half-fee, and 49 re-applications were reviewed during the year,
these latter mothers thus being; relieved from further payment.
Analysis of work.
Actual confinements attended by midwives 625 (Of this number 566 as
midwives & 59 as
Attended by midwives, but women admitted to maternity nurses).
hospital for actual confinement 64
Loft district before confinement or mothers
evacuated through L.C.C. scheme etc. 114 (Attention and Supervision
given by Municipal
Midwives during AnteNatal
period).