Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932
1932-06 1932 1930s 20 pages would be detrimental to the health of the patient, and at a separate session, so as not to disturb the normal and primary work of the centre. On July 14, 1931, a further Circular (1208) was issued. GENERAL COMMENTS National Health Insurance. So far as we are able to as...
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London : The Maternal Mortality Committee
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would be detrimental to the health of the patient, and at a separate session, so as not to disturb the normal and primary work of the centre. On July 14, 1931, a further Circular (1208) was issued. GENERAL COMMENTS National Health Insurance. So far as we are able to ascertain no steps forward have been taken to re-model the maternity benefits administered by the Approved Societies. We would urge the Ministry to do all in its power to effect some agreed action on the part of the Societies. At present we can only record the expression of pious opinion on the part of leading officials of the Approved Societies over a period of years. Block Grant. The impression gained from a study of the Reports is that Medical Officers as a whole are doing their best to render efficient the services that they have been able to establish, but they are often good men struggling with adversity. The incomplete character of the services in many cases appears to be due to want of support on the part of the Local Authorities of extensions which involve additional money if they are to develop satisfactorily. There is an illuminating paragraph in the Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Cornwall in which he explains the extra sum of £5,000,000 in the General Exchequer Grant by which Councils previously unable to provide efficient health services should now be able to do so. He points out that "the Minister of Health may reduce the grants in respect of any year if he is satisfied that the Council have failed to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of efficiency." We have on many occasions drawn attention to this power which the Minister possesses and which so far has not been put into force. Our Correspondents will remember how much anxiety was caused us by the substitution of the block grant for the system of payments by results by which the Government defrayed half the total disbursement of the Local Authority. We urged that in the case of the maternity services the 50-50 grant should be retained in order to stimulate the work of the Local Authorities in this direction. Dealing with the question of the finance of Maternity Homes, Lambeth reports :— "The true economy, both for the Council and for the applicants is to lower the fees and admit to the full capacity of the beds ... As a result of this policy, the income has been increased by £370." We have noted progress in the activities of many Local Authorities ; increased education of mothers, a fuller appreciation (19)
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| is_hierarchy_title | Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932 |
| language | English English |
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| publishDate | June 1932 |
| publisher | London : The Maternal Mortality Committee |
| spellingShingle | Trades Union Congress Maternity and Child Welfare, 1924-1934 Health care Maternal mortality ; Pregnant women Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932 |
| title | Maternal Mortality : Report June, 1932 |
| topic | Trades Union Congress Maternity and Child Welfare, 1924-1934 Health care Maternal mortality ; Pregnant women |
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