[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternity Ward, General Hospital.—This department, eon- taining 12 beds, 2 of which are for isolation purposes, for the provision and maintenance of which' the Borough Council are financially responsible, was opened in 1921. The patients are expected to contribute according to their means towards their maintenance and treatment. The number of admissions is in- creasing gradually, though there is still much unwillingness or the part of expectant mothers to enter a hospital for their confine- ment. During the year there were 166 patients admitted with twc still in the ward from the previous year. The average duration o; stay was 12.8 days. The midwives delivered 129, and in 37 case?- the assistance of a doctor was necessary. There was no case o Ophthalmia Neonatorum. All the infants were breast-fed excep')! four. There were two maternal deaths from Eclampsia, one from Embolism, fifteen still births and four deaths from prematurity o ' Congenital deformity. Dried and Fresh Milk Supplied through Maternity Centre during the last eight years :— Year Dried Milk sold to Mothers lbs. Dried Milk given free to mothers. lbs. Fresh Milk given free to mothers, pints Net Cost of Fresh & Dried > Milk Supplied, t 1921 7,264 2,200 5,432 £316 1922 4,286 1,844 27,110 £399 1923 4,332 896 23,129- £282 1924 4,831 959 15,195 £170 1925 3,486 736 20,615 £248 1926 4,719 1,537 40,009 £529 1927 2,248 611 36,284 £417 1928 1,134 367 33,950 £347 1929 1,415 329 33,100 £323 There are no Day Nurseries in Darlington. A descri])tion < the work done at the Nursery School and the School Clinic wi be found in the Report of the School Medical Officer.