[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G.M.B. Forms completed by Midwives. Form A. Medical Help... • • • • • • 246 3 3 B. Deaths of Infants • • • • • • — 3 3 C. Stillbirths • • • • • • 31 3 3 D. Laying out the dead • • • • * • — 33 E. Liability of infection • • • • • • — 3 3 F. Artificial Feeding commenced 1 Compensation to Midwives for loss of work. No claims were made under the Midwives and Maternity Homes Act, 1926, Section 2, during the year. This section provides that a midwife who has been suspended from practice in order to prevent the spread of infection may claim compensation from the Local Authority. Compensation was paid, however, in a few cases where the midwives through no fault of their own had been unable to obtain any payment for their services. A payment of 10/- is made in cases where a midwife has been booked to attend a confinement, but owing to some abnormality being discovered, the mother is admitted to hospital for treatment and the midwife loses her case. Also cases occur where no Maternity Benefit is available, and the midwife is then unable to receive even a portion of her usual fee. In cases of this kind a minimum fee of 15/- is guaranteed. Ten claims for payment in such circumstances were approved during the year. Institutional Provision for Mothers or Children. The provision outlined in the Report for 1930 remains unchanged. St. Katherine’s Hostel, 10, King’s Mill Lane, Huddersfield, under the Huddersfield Ruridecanal Association for Preventive and Rescue Work, is an institution of this kind. It is maintained by voluntary subscriptions. The Poor Law institution transferred to the Local Authority also provides accommodation at St. Luke’s Hospital. Homeless children, and children neglected by their parents, are received at St. Luke’s Hospital and at the Children’s Homes at Scholes. ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT. The scheme in operation for dealing with school children suffering from orthopaedic defects applies also to children under school age. A description of the local arrangements for dealing with such cases has already been described in the School Medical Report. The fact that children can now be seen by the Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Health Department, and dealt with locally if treatment is found necessary, has made the scheme much more popular and acceptable to the general public.