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Maternal
mortality.
Special investigations into all maternal deaths were carried out and reports
sent to the Ministry of Health. 5 of these were made by the Council's consultant.
12 deaths occurred—3 from sepsis and 9 from other causes.
Of these deaths 2 apparently followed procured or self-induced abortion;
one was a death from Pulmonary Embolism following a Caesarian Section
which was apparently making a good recovery; one was a complicated case
with high blood pressure who refused all treatment in the ante-natal period.
Of the 3 deaths from sepsis, one followed one of the abortion cases mentioned
above; one followed a manual removal of the Placenta; the other followed
a local infection in a case where the baby was born before the arrival of the
medical attendant.
Health
Visiting.
There are 7 Municipal Infant Welfare Centres and 9 Voluntary Centres in
the Borough. Each Centre has its own particular area, and there is no overlapping
in the visiting of the districts. Details of the work of the Health
Visitors and Centres are given on pages 35 and 36.
(Form M.C.w. 96 revised)
Maternity
and Child
Welfare
Services.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Return (1) showing the arrangements made for maternity and child welfare
by the Council and by Voluntary Associations providing maternity and child
welfare services in respect of which the Council pay contributions under Section
101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise; and (2) giving particulars
of the work done during the year 1933.
1.—Population of the area served by the Council:—223,000.
2.—Number of births notified in that area during the year under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907:—
(a) Live births, 3,309. (b) Still births, 94. (c) Total, 3,403.
(d) By midwives, 2,535. (e) By doctors and parents, 808.
3.—Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the year :
(a) by the Council 11.
(b) by Voluntary Associations, 15.
(ii) Equivalent of whole-time services devoted by the whole staff to health
visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres):—
(a) in the case of Health Visitors employed by the Council, 11.
(b) in the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary Associations,
14.5.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—
(a) To expectant mothers:—First visits, 1,221. Total visits, 3,224.
(b) To children under 1 year of age:—First visits, 3,008. Total
visits, 20,437.
(c) To children between the ages of I and 5 years:—Total visits,
40,650.