[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing].

  • Ealing (London, England). Council.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    25 MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. So frequently are questions asked regarding the extent of the scheme of maternity and child welfare in operation in the Borough that it is desirable to give the summary of it which was inserted in the report for last year :— Mothers. (1) Ante-Natal Care oi- Expectant Mothers. (a) Visits to homes by Health Visitor to give advice. (b) Ante-Natal Examination by Medical Officer at Centre. (c) Maternity Hospital treatment of Ante-Natal Com¬ plications or Abnormalities. (d) Midwife can call in Doctor in abnormal ante-natal case, free or at a reduced cost. (e) Doctor can call in Consultant in abnormal ante-natal case, free or at a reduced cost. (/) Milk free of charge in necessitous cases. (g) Dental treatment, including provision of artificial dentures at reduced charges according to the family income. (2) Intra-Natal Care. (a) Provision of a Midwife free of charge in necessitous cases. (b) Midwife can call in Doctor free of cost or at reduced cost, depending on circumstances. (c) Doctor can call in Consultant, free of cost, or at reduced cost. (d) Admission to Maternity Hospital for confinement at fees according to circumstances. (e) Home Helps provided free of cost in necessitous cases. (/) Supply of aseptic maternity outfits free of charge in necessitous cases.