[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunfermline.

  • Dunfermline (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunfermline. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is necessary to emphasise that a woman shall not be entitled under the scheme to the services of a medical practitioner other than in association with a midwife, nor to the services of a midwife, other than in association with a medical practitioner. An applicant is entitled, subject to such limitations as the Local Authority may within reason impose, to select any doctor or midwife who has accepted service under the scheme, if they consent. A scale of fees has been adopted by the Local Authority for the various services. ANTE NATAL AND POST NATAL CLINICS. Ante-natal. Number of clinics at encl of year provided by Local Authority, 1 (9 sessions per week). Number of clinics at end of year provided by Voluntary Bodies, — Total number of women who attended at the clinics during the year ... ... ... 854 (4<'3 burgh, 451 county) Post-natal. 1 (9 sessions per week) 827 (361 burgh, 466 county) Total number of attendances 11,158 1,887 During the year Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics were held on Mondays, I uesdavs, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m., and on Saturdays, at 1.30 p.m., at the Ante-natal Depart- ment of the Maternity Hospital. Blood was taken from all new patients for the Wasserman reaction; 909 specimens were sent for examination. Of the mothers attending the ante-natal clinic, 403 or 47.2 per cent, were resident within the Burgh, and 451 or 52.8 per cent, from the County area. Of the mothers attending were resident within the Burgh, the County area. post-natally, 361 or 43.7 per cent, and 4bh or 52.3 per cent, were from