Maternity and child welfare (memorandum)
1930-12 1930 1930s 8 pages 6 the co-operation of the doctors practising in the district in persuading their patients to accept the services of a trained midwife for the maternity nursing. III. CONSULTANTS. Many Local Authorities already provide the services of a consultant in cases of puerperal f...
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December 1930
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| Summary: | 1930-12
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6 the co-operation of the doctors practising in the district in persuading their patients to accept the services of a trained midwife for the maternity nursing. III. CONSULTANTS. Many Local Authorities already provide the services of a consultant in cases of puerperal fever and, in some instances, for cases of difficult labour. It is desirable that in each area the Local Authority should satisfy themselves that a consultant is available for any doctor who needs assistance in difficulties or complications arising during pregnancy, or at or after confinement. It will generally no doubt be found desirable to engage for this purpose the consultant at the Maternity Hospital or Ante-natal Centre serving the area. IV. HOSPITAL BEDS. In some areas there is still a need for further provision of hospital accommodation, (1) for cases needing institutional treatment, including not only complications of labour and the puerperium, but also patients suffering from abnormal ante-natal conditions and intercurrent diseases, and (2) for patients whose home conditions are unsuitable for a confinement. In Counties and County Boroughs, the Councils may be able to provide the necessary beds by the adaptation of accommodation in institutions transferred to them under the Local Government Act, 1929. It is suggested that Local Authorities should consider, wherever practicable, the desirability of affording facilities to private practitioners to attend their own patients in maternity institutions. V. PROVISION OF ANCILLARIES. Some or all of the following services have already been provided in many areas, and it is suggested that Local Authorities should consider the desirability of making provision through the Centres for such of these services as are not already available in their districts. (1) Sterilised maternity outfits for patients for whom either the doctor or the midwife considers that this provision is desirable. (2) Home helps for domestic assistance during the lying-in period, and also during pregnancy in those cases in which there are abnormal conditions rendering it dangerous for the woman to continue her usual household work. (3) Supply of milk for expectant and nursing mothers. (4) Provision of laboratory facilities for the examination of pathological material submitted by doctors. VI. EDUCATION. Whatever provision is made for the care of maternity, it is clear that further efforts are necessary to persuade women to take advantage of the facilities provided. This is especially true of ante-
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