[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough.

  • Wallsend (England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Midwifery and Maternity Services. The Northumberland County Council who are the supervising Authority under the Midwives Acts provide a domiciliary mid¬ wifery service for the area, and it is the duty of midwives under the Central Midwives Board regulations to seek medical assistance at the cost of the Supervising Authority for abnormalties or difficulties during confinement, and for mothers and infants during the puerperium. Besides the above, the Local Maternity and Child Welfare Authority affords medical practitioners specialist consultation and assistance for any ante, intra or post natal abnormal condition of mother or infant up to the end of the puerperium, in addition to which, on application, a free maternity outfit is afforded to expectant mothers in the Borough, for whom also a free ante and post natal medical supervision is provided by a panel of local general medical practitioners, who are paid a capitation fee in respect of each case, and choice of doctor is exercised by the expectant mother herself. In addition to maternity hospital provision of 16 beds at the Wallsend Hospital, the County Council with a maternity hospital at Dilston Hall and the County Nursing Association’s maternity hospital at Stagshaw, all admit maternity cases from Wallsend, and the local Maternity and Child Welfare Authority pay to these respective hospitals in respect of all necessitous cases admitted from the Borough ; whilst further the Princess Mary Hospital, Newcastle, also admit maternity cases from Wallsend, in respect of which cases being necessitous the sum of £80 per annum is also paid by the Local Authority. Ante and Post Natal Supervision. Ante-Natal—Number of expectant mothers supervised Total number of attendances ... Post-Natal—Number of mothers supervised Total number of attendances ... 767 3,123 640 683 Free Maternity Outfits. Numbers applied for and supplied ... ... 149 Supplementary Coupons for Expectant Mothers. In accordance with the Ministry of Health Circular 2437 (July, 1941) the distribution of supplementary clothing coupons to expectant mothers which commenced on 1st August, 1941 was continued up to the 24th July at the Wallsend Centre when the distribution was transferred to the local Food Office of the Ministry of Food. During the year up to the transfer of distribution, coupons were supplied at the Local Authority’s Health Centre as hereunder — 736 Expectant mothers received each 60 coupons. 3 Expectant mothers received each 60 additional coupons in respect of twins.