[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Midwives Acts (Claims), 1948. The number of cases claiming under the Midwives Act, 1915 and 1927, was 87, and the total amount paid was £313 13s Od. After the 5th of July, 1948,. claims were made by Medical Prac- titioners in terms of the Medical Practitioners Fees (Scotland) Regulations, 1948, and these amounted to £10 13s 6d for three cases. Maternity Hospitals. The following table gives the number of cases admitted to the various maternity hospitals :— TotaL Women.. Infants. Dunfermline 7ia 603 20 Forth Park, Kirkcaldy 232 224 8 Dunfermline Home and Hospital' 11 11 Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ... 5 5 — Meikleour House Hospital 62 m i Netherlea 28- 28 Dunfermline Home and Hospital.—One case was transferred to Dunfermline Maternity Hospital. MeiklEour House Hospital.—Two patients were transferred to Perth Royal Infirmary. Netherlea Maternity Hospital, Newport..—In July, 1945, the County Council received from Mrs Edith Brackenridge, 43 Lebanon Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, the generous gift of the house “ Netherlea,” in Newport, for use as a maternity home. The offer was accepted and plans put in hand for the necessary alterations and furnishings. The usual post-war difficulties and scarcities delayed the work considerably but the building was officially opened as a maternity hospital on 21st July, 1948, and at the same ceremony it was handed over by the County Council to the Regional Hospital Board. The Hospital was ready to admit patients on 16th October, 1948. It was designed to accommodate 17 patients and 15 of a staff inclusive of the Matron. Full modern facilities and equipment for maternity work were incorporated and the hospital was the first step towards the urgently needed increase of maternity bed accom- modation in the County. In time, it is hoped that a central maternity hospital will be provided at Cameronbridge to serve the needs of a large area of the County. When that time comes Nether- lea Hospital may be available for other purposes. Premature Infants. On nine occasions during 1948, premature infant outfits were issued from the Public Health Department. The following number of infants were admitted to the Babies' Nursery at the Child Welfare Centre, St Andrews —