Report upon maternity and child welfare for the year 1936 / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1936
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Credit: Report upon maternity and child welfare for the year 1936 / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    giving them a chance of privacy which they could not secure in a public institution, and enabling them to preserve their self-respect. Generally the girls are admitted one month before their confinement and remain for three months after the birth of the child. As far as possible the mother and child are not separated for at least the first 3 months of the infant’s life. During their stay at the Hostel, the mothers are trained to undertake some useful work when they leave, and arrangements are made when necessary for the boarding out of the baby. The work at Nantyderry is carried out economically and on practical lines, and the results justify the vast amount of time given to it by the Committee and the Honorary Secretary, Lady Mather Jackson. The County Council makes an annual contribution of £330 to the Hostel. 4.—MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AT CONFINEMENTS.—Under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918, the County Council are responsible for the payment of fees of medical practitioners called by midwives in cases of emergency, under certain specified conditions. Fees to the amount of £625 ID. 0d. were paid during the financial year. The Council have power to recover the whole or part of such fees from the husbands, and the total amount collected in this way by the Finance Department was £80 10s. 3d. The fees paid in the year 1935 totalled £833 9s. 0d. Amount collected from husbands, £58 19s. Od. All these cases are investigated at the homes by the County Officers before they are passed by the County Medical Officer. 5.—PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.—The old Poor-law Institutions of the County are now under the control of the County Council, and the following table shows the accom¬ modation available for maternity cases, and its use during the period 1st January, 1936, to 31st December, 1936 :— PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TREDEGAR CHEPSTOW PONTYPOOL TOTAL Number of Maternity Beds . . 6 9 Lj 4 12 Number of Confinements during year 25 7 9 41 6.—DIFFICULT LABOUR CASES.—Facilities for consultation with Professor G. I. Strachan, M.D., F.R.C.S., Senior Assistant Gynaecologist of the Welsh National Medical School, and the Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, are provided for these cases, and hospital treatment given when necessary.
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