[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council.

  • Oxfordshire (England). County Council. n 81006935.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following notifications have been received from midwives :— Records of sending for medical help in emergencies ... Still births . . Deaths (Infants 11, Mothers 2) ... Laying out the dead . . Having been in contact with infectious disease Artificial feeding of infants advised 485 23 13 34 48 22 Eight cases of puerperal fever and 15 of puerperal pyrexia were notified. 6 midwives were temporarily suspended owing to having been in attendance on infectious disease. The Inspector paid 290 visits for routine inspection of midwives to observe their methods of practice and to examine appliances. 971 other visits were paid.” Midwifery. Fees earned by the County Council Midwife at Henley-on-Thames amounted during the year to £73 11s. Od. Her services are given without charge to persons unable to afford payment of the fees. Fees amounting to £568 2s. 2d. were paid to medical practitioners called in to assist midwives in emergency. Contributions from patients, amounting to £83 18s. 6d. were collected towards the cost. Hospital provision for maternity is made by the Radcliffe Infirmary at their hospital in Walton Street, Oxford. For the north of the County accommodation is available at the Warwickshire County Council Maternity Hospital at Leamington ; and for the South of the County at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. The Council contributed £270 per annum towards the cost of treat¬ ment at the Radcliffe Infirmary Maternity Home. Under the Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations 1926 the services of a consultant were requested on one occasion and for difficult labour on four occasions. Anti-Strepto- tococcus serum was provided in two cases, and Home Helps for two families. Infant Welfare Centres. A list of Centres is given earlier in this report. 409 meetings have been held during the year. There were 10,624 attendances and 34 lectures were given to the mothers on mother- craft and other subjects. Hospital treatment under the Infant Welfare Scheme continued to be provided. 12 children were operated upon at the Burford Cottage Hospital at a cost of £23 2s. Od. Nine Children received in-patient treatment at the Wingfield- Morris Hospital at a cost of £328 6s. 9d. Two children, suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum, were treated at the Oxford Eye Hospital.