[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough.
- Luton (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1918
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![war conditions, which have acted injuriously on the health of expectant mothers, with the result recorded above. Still Births. Under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, it is com¬ pulsory to notify all still births in which the mother has reached the end of the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy. It is unfortunate that all cases of still birth are not notifiable, in order that fuller investigations may be made into their cause. The following figures give the results of the enquiries of the Health Visitors into the causes of 20 cases notified during the year. Records of enquiries made are retained at the office on the card system. Prematurity responsible for 10 still births. Injury or fright „ „ 5 „ „ Cases in which no definite cause could be assigned 5 ,, ,, Total 20 Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. In December of this year the Acting Medical Officer of Health presented a Report to the newly constituted Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for a scheme to enlarge the scope of the work. The Report was consequent to the Maternity and Child Welfare Act of 1918, and embodied most of the matters dealt with in the recent Memorandum of the Local Government Board dealing with this subject. The Committee whilst feeling unable to adopt the whole of the measures suggested in the Report decided to proceed with the Wardown scheme and also to appoint a municipal midwife. The following recommendations were therefore adopted and were after¬ wards sanctioned by the Council:— (1). Maternity Home, Etc. [ci) That subject to the concur¬ rence of the Parks Committee, Wardown House be used, as soon as it is available, as a Maternity Home, Infants’ Hospital and Home for neglected infants as mentioned in pages 17 and 18 of Medical Officer’s Report on the Scheme ; and that a rent of £100 per annum for the use of the building be paid to the Parks Committee’s Account, and all repairs to the building be paid by this Committee. [h] That, if recommendations be adopted, application be made to the- Local Government Board for their approval (under the Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, section 95) to the appro¬ priation of Wardown House for the foregoing purpose, the property having been required for the purpose of a public park. (c) That the following Estimate be substituted for the Summary of Costs on page 20 of the Scheme so far as relates to the Wardown Scheme :— Wardown Scheme : Estimate. Initial Expenditure :— Adaptations and repairs ... 250 0 0 Hospital fittings and furniture ... 250 0 0 500 0 0 Less Government contribution ... 250 0 0 Local cost ... £250 0 0 Local cost](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29746772_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
