Maternal mortality report
1934-10 1934 1930s 19 pages We have not included Public Assistance accommodation except when special facilities are attached ; nor diocesan and voluntary homes unless a grant is made by the Local Authorities. Roughly speaking, it appears that about twenty-two Metropolitan Boroughs are aiding the M...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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London : The Maternal Mortality Committee
October 1934
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| Summary: | 1934-10
1934
1930s
19 pages
We have not included Public Assistance accommodation except when special facilities are attached ; nor diocesan and voluntary homes unless a grant is made by the Local Authorities. Roughly speaking, it appears that about twenty-two Metropolitan Boroughs are aiding the Maternity Service of the district by putting into force half or more of the services they have power to provide. A number of Authorities have made extensions or improvements in their Maternity Services during the past year or so, and these have not yet had time to mature or exercise any definite effect. With regard to the very valuable scheme, which we mentioned in our last report, for the provision by the Westminster Hospital on behalf of the Westminster City Council of a comprehensive Maternity Service, we now understand that the Hospital has established a panel of doctors to be called upon by the midwives of the area in abnormal maternity cases. The London County Council, as the Supervising Authority under the Midwives Acts, has given its approval to the scheme and has expressed its appreciation of the interest taken and co-operation offered by the Westminster City Council in the endeavour made to secure adequate medical assistance for midwives. It would be well if similar arrangements could be made by large hospitals in other parts of London, and by some of the great cities in the provinces, as the adoption of such a scheme should go far towards removing the difficulty, frequently expressed by midwives all over the country, of obtaining the services of a doctor without harmful delay in an emergency. It would appear from our investigations that the position still is that while some Authorities are using a large percentage of their powers, these being usually the more important and fundamental services, none are using them entirely. Much, therefore, still remains to be done on our part to induce all Local Authorities to put into force all the powers they have under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, and we must continue our efforts unrestingly until this slur on our citizenship is removed. Ante-natal Supervision In view of the findings of the Departmental Committee on Maternity Mortality and Morbidity in regard to ante-natal work, the comments of some of the Medical Officers of Health are of interest. The Medical Officer of Health for Dewsbury, in recording an increase of attendances at the ante natal clinic of 22 per cent. of the notified births in 1930 to 52 per cent. in 1932 states that this "steady increase ... suggests that the urgent necessity for ante-natal care may be at last gaining recognition." (11)
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