[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1926
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/46 (page 9)
    » Classes are held at Enville House, on Wednesday after- noons, and at Richmond House on Thursday afternoons, at which expectant mothers are invited to attend. Any one wishing to consult the Medical Officer may see him at the usual consultations at the W7elfare Centres. Arrangements have been made with the Borough Council whereby expectant mothers may be confined at the Lake Hospital, fees to he paid in part by the Boi'ough Council and the remainder by the motl er, according to he financial position. The usual charge made being one-half, viz. :—three guineas. Difficult confinements occurring in the patient’s own home may be transferred to the District Infirmary. Those desirous of obtaining special nourishment in the form of dried milk or virol may obtain it from the Welfare Centres, subject to the usual conditions. A supply of sterilized Maternity Outfits is now kept in stock for the benefit of mothers confined in their own homes. Application is to be made at the Health Office through the midwife in charge of the case. The outfits are sold in two sizes, viz. :—3/6 and 6/6. The Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, and the Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926, came into force on 1st October. With regard to the facilities for treatment which are suggested in the Memorandum, the Council already have in operation an arrangement with the Pathological Laboratory of the District Infirmary under which any required bacteriological examination can be made, also an arrangement with the District Infirmary to receive any case of Puerperal Fever which needs hospital treatment. With reference to Ophthalmia Neonatorum, the two Health Visitors are fully qualified, being trained nurses, to undertake the nursing of such patients in