[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS. During the year tlic Itealth Visitors paid the following visits;— First Ausits to Infants under one year .... 1,096 Re-\dsits to Infants under one year .... .... 1,545 Children one to tiA^c years .... ‘2,786 Cases of Measles, one to fiA'e vears .... .... 272 ,, ,, over th e years 409 „ Chickenpox .... .... 245 ,, Whooping Cough 256 ,, 0])hthaImia Neonatorum 19 ,, Infant Deaths 64 ,, Still-births 51 ,, Diarrhcra 2 ,, Puerperal Fever — ,, Puerperal Pyrexia .... — Exi)ectant Mothers, first A isits 185 ,, ,, re-Ausits 121 Maternal Deaths 1 Cases of Mental Deficiency 3 ^Miscellaneous Visits 274 Unnotified Births. Births nnnotificd within thirty-six hours of birth numbered 70 compared with 4(5 in 192S. Early notilication has always been essential in j)utting our Health Visitors in timeh' touch otten to j)rcvent a premature weaning or other improj)or action on the ])art of an ignorant or careless mother. Breast Feeding.Out of 7(55 children attending the centres, 506 were breast fed for three months and over, Avhile ‘250 Avere breast fed during the first three months but not afterwards.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149113_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
