[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1918
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    9/66 (page 9)
    under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918. The fee is recoverable unless it is proved that the patient or her husband is unable to pay. Day Nu7^series. Two Da}^ Nurseries are pro- vided and maintained by the Voluntary Associa- tion. A trained Matron and Staff are in charge of each Nursery, where mothers who go out to work may leave their children. The charge is 4d. per day for one child, 7d. for two. At the Boscombe Day Nursery there is also a Residential Home for children where infants and young children who are orphans, or whose parents are unable to look after them are admitted at a charge. This arrangement was first made for the convenience of the War Pensions Committee who undertook the care of soldiers’ children, and the Home has been found to be of great value. Home Helfs are provided by the Voluntary Association to carry on the household work of recent mothers. The mothers pay for the Home Helps according to their means, usually about 5s. per week, sometimes more. Hos])ital Treatment. Hospital accommodation is provided by the Health Authority for difficulties and complications of pregnancy, complications of the newly born child, ophthalmia neonatorum, puerperal fever, and infantile diarrhoea. An Infant Clothing Guild is run by the Volun- tary Association and is self supporting. Provision of Milk under Defence of the Realm Act. During the last half of the year milk and food were provided free of charge or at a reduced charge for nursing and expectant mothers and children. Eighty-one mothers were provided with milk, and five with dinners. The cost for the six months averaged £2 16s. 4d. per week.