Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932
1932-06 1932 1930s 20 pages Several Authorities have an insurance scheme for mothers who may need the services of a doctor. (e) "Refresher" courses for practising midwives. This is the business of the London County Council as Local Supervising Authority. It is used independently...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : The Maternal Mortality Committee
June 1932
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| Summary: | 1932-06
1932
1930s
20 pages
Several Authorities have an insurance scheme for mothers who may need the services of a doctor. (e) "Refresher" courses for practising midwives. This is the business of the London County Council as Local Supervising Authority. It is used independently by only one Metropolitan Borough. We have not included odd groups of lectures to Health Visitors, &c., but only definite post-graduate courses. (4) Maternity Homes or beds in a Maternity Hospital for :— (a) Complicated cases. It appears that twenty-one Boroughs provide these. (b) Patients whose home circumstances are unsuitable for a confinement at home. Only seventeen Boroughs provide these. It is particularly difficult to get an accurate idea of this number as only a certain number of places specifically state the fact. It is probable that some "special circumstances" and "by arrangement" include these cases. (c) Ante-natal observation. Twenty Boroughs specially mention that beds are reserved for this purpose. (d) The treatment of puerperal sepsis. Twenty Boroughs have reported that beds are specially kept for this purpose. (5) Home Helps. Eleven Boroughs appear to make use of this provision. (6) Provision of milk or food during the last three months of pregnancy and during lactation. This is provided in twenty-one Boroughs. (7) Complicated Midwifery. (a) The fees of doctors called in by midwives for an "emergency" in connection with a confinement must be paid, if necessary, in whole or in part. This duty is undertaken by the L.C.C. in London. (b) The fee of a consultant called in by a doctor for a complicated midwifery case or for puerperal infection. Fifteen Boroughs note that they use this power. (c) Skilled nursing for patients confined at home. We cannot find that any of the Boroughs mention this, but as nursing associations are known to exist in many districts we assume that some arrangement is in force in most Boroughs. (d) Bacteriological examination in cases of puerperal infection. Only four Boroughs mention that they carry out this power. (11)
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