[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Sutton Coldfield Borough.

  • Sutton Coldfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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    HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Year ended 31st December, 1938. Weekly Rate. A. Standing Charge. Weeks B. Mainten¬ ance of Patients. C. Ambulance Hire. D. Disinfec¬ tion of Bedding. E. Total. £ s. d. 1938. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 3 d. £ s. d. 4/2/5 March Quarter 58 15 0 721/7 297 5 9 1 17 0 21 19 0 319 16 9 4/13 5 June ,, 58 15 0 396/7 186 3 4 2 0 0 19 15 0 I 266 13 4 5/17/4 Sept. 58 15 0 5 D/7 301 14 3 2 3 0 15 1 0 1 377 13 3 6/2/2 December ,, 58 15 0 405/7 315 17 9 3 1 0 22 1 0! 399 14 9 1 I 235 0 0 2151/7 1101 1 1 9 1 0 78 16 0 1423 18 1 Average weekly cost: B. only.... . £5: 2:4. A., B. and C. .... £6: 5:4. E. .... .... .... £6: 12: 4* MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Midwifery Services. The County Medical Officer of Health, Dr. A. Hamilton \\ ood, informs me that fourteen midwives notified their intention to practise in the Borough and that two of these ceased to practise during the year. They practised as follows in nursing homes, 4 ; as municipal midwives, 3 ; attached to an association, 2 ; and privately, 5. The scheme for the provision of midwifery under the Midwives Act, 1936, as outlined in my Report for 1937 (pages 14 and 15) has been in operation during the year. Each of the three midwives employed by the Council has been assigned to a district, and two cars have been provided for the midwives whose areas are widespread and in which the work could not readily be undertaken without motor transport. A corporation-owned house has been allotted on the Holland House Estate for the joint use of two of the nurses, and one nurse has been accommodated in a corporation-owned house at Walmley. Ihe municipal midwives attended one hundred and ninety-seven cases during the year namely, one hundred and one midwifery cases and ninety-six maternity cases, and the fees received amounted to £390. Allowing for the proportion of grant