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The scheme provides for the recovery of all or part of the Consultant's
fee where circumstances warrant it.
4. The Maternity Home.
The record of the Municipal Maternity Home shows that the work
carried out during 1935 is on the same high level as in previous years.
The following are the details supplied to me by Dr. Hill concerning
the cases admitted during 1935:—
Cases admitted, 208.
Average stay, 2 weeks.
Cases delivered by midwives. 201.
„ „ „ doctors, 7.
Cases in which medical advice sought, 24.
Cases notified as puerperal fever, Nil.
,, ,, ,, puerperal pyrexia, Nil.
Cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum, Nil.
Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Nil.
Infants not entirely breast fed, Nil.
Maternal deaths, Nil.
Fcntal deaths (a) Stillborn, 4.
(b) Within 10 days of birth, 1.*
* P.M. exam.: Cholemia and Congenital Convulsions.
So far as is practicable, only cases likely to follow a normal course
are admitted. Should an abnormality develop after the date of
" booking," the patient is referred to hospital.
To meet the case of a sudden emergency arising in a woman already
admitted to the Maternity Home, the following facilities are provided :—
(a) W. Gilliatt, Esq., C.V.O., M.D., F.R.C.S., in his Capacity of Consulting
Obstetrician, will visit the Home in consultation with the
Medical Officer, Dr. Hill.
(b) Should hospital treatment be then advised, the Borough Council
has an arrangement with King's College Hospital for the treatment of
the patient in that institution.
During 1935, it was found necessary to call the Consultant to the
Home on one occasion.
Dr. Edwin C. Warner was called in once in connection with a baby
suffering from Seborrhœic Eczema, under the arrangement by which
the services of a children's specialist are available.
Cases not admitted to the Maternity Home. During 1935, a total
of 104 applications for admission were refused, owing to the available
accommodation being fully booked.