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

  • Durham County Council
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART II. Description of the Service which it is proposed to operate on the appointed day. A. General Arrangements. 1. The arrangements for the care of mothers and young children in the area of the Local Health Authority will be under the general control of the senior welfare medical officer, who will be responsible to the County Medical Officer of Health. There will be 25 Assistant Maternity and Child Welfare Medical Officers whole-time or part-time to the equivalent of 22 whole-time officers. The centres as at ])resent located are considered to be adequate in number for the needs of the area. The numbers of sessions are modified from time to time in accordance with demand. The centres as constituted on the appointed day will continue in operation. The assistant welfare medical officers will be responsible for their operation as at present. 2. Arrangements similar to those existing will be made whereby mothers and children may attend centres in Darlington, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland and West Hartlepool, and in Yarm (North Riding of Yorkshire) on such terms as may be agreed between the Local Health Authorities concerned. 3. The Local Health Authority will make arrangements with the Durham Diocesan Moral Welfare Association in connexion with the care of unmarried mothers and their children. 4. In accordance with arrangements concluded with the Regional Hospital Board as modified from time to time if necessary by agreement with the Board. (а) expectant mothers may be referred from ante-natal clinics of the Local Health Authority to clinics of the Board for a specialist opinion ; (б) expectant mothers may be referred from ante-natal clinics of the Local Health Authority to Maternity Hospitals or homes of the Board for admission for ante-natal treatment or for confinement ; (c) nursing mothers may be referred from post-natal clinics of the Local Health Authority to clinics of the Board for the opinion of a specialist ; {d) prematurely born infants (with their mothers) may, where necess- ary, be admitted to special units of the Board ; {e) young children suffering from physical defects may be referred from child welfare centres of the Local Health Authority to clinics of the Board for specialist advice and, if necessary, treatment ; and (/) specialists of the Board will attend specialist ante-natal sessions held in centres of the Local Health Authority.
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