[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(1) To restore tlie mother to her ordinary vocation in life with health and vigour as far as possible unimpaired. (5) To foster her capacity to nurse her cliild. (6) To see to it that the mother’s reproductive organs return to a healthy normal condition fit for further normal functioning. (7) lo watch over the health of the infant and thus begin the ante- natal care of the succeeding generation. Professor Mcllroy draws attention to the fact that “Ante-natal work is not easy. It requires a wide knowledge of general medicine and obstetrics, with sound judgment and experience. .Many practitioners avoid taking it up because it involves special training and the remunera- tion in private practice is inadequate. Many patients think that the confinement fee should cover months of medical work.’’ The women of England have decided to reduce the birth-rate on a large scale. It has been suggested that if the husband had to take alternate duty with his wife there would never be more than three children in a family, but—according to present ideas—that number is a comparatively large one. From the parents’ point of view the necessity for skilled ante- natal and natal care is, therefore, assuming serious importance. There will be an increased proportion of first births and these require greater supervision. Midwifery in industrial practices is generally underpaid. If we are to secure ante-natal and post-natal care then the question of remuneration will have to be seriously re-considered; not only that, but the public will have to be educated as regards the necessity for paying for Preventive Midwifery and the State and Local Authorities will have to revise their present policies. Ante-Natal Hygiene. It is satisfactory to report that lliis subject is receiving greater attention by expectant mothers and midwives. -Pk) expectant mothers were under the observation of the Health Visitors. 217 new Expectant Mothers were' members of the Centres in addition to 62 counted last year; those requiring medical advice were referred to their own doctors, or they attended at'the Clinic. The attendances of these mothers were, al Clinii- fial, at Centres 1,869, Total 2,8].‘k 387 visits were paid to Ivxpectant Mothers at their homes. The work al the Centres includes attendances at lectures, iiersonal talks, medical advice, and instruction in infant hygiene generally.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2886668x_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
