[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council.
- East Sussex (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946. HEALTH CENTRES (SECTION 21). } Partly owing to the restrictions applied by the Ministry of Health, no Health Centres {have been planned in detail during the year, though in a number of areas possible sites lhave been sought and in some cases have been noted by the Planning Authority. I 1 CARE OE MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN (SECTION 22). (Excluding Hove and Portslade Sub-Committee area.) As indicated in the Report for 1948, advantage has been taken of the system of “ generalised nursing ” in staffing the midwifery, general nursing and health visitor services. 'Although, therefore, separate reference is made to individual services provided under Part dll of the National Health Service Act, 1946, it will be understood that to a very large lextent the same nursing staff is used in common for all, and also for the School Medical iServices. In the Hove and Portslade Sub-Committee area, however, upon which a Report by Dr. N. E. Chadwick is included, separate staff is employed in the main. In the Sub- jCommittee area all the health visitors and school nurses and the Assistant Nursing Superin- jtendent for that area, are in the direct employ of the Authority ; while the midwives or iij general nurse-midwives are appointed by the Hove and Portslade District Nursing Asso- ii^|ciation, or in the case of midwives of the Sussex Maternity Hospital, by the Brighton Group Hospital Management Committee. I The service as nov- constituted gives satisfactory results, and the hope has been realised ]]j Ithat the various voluntary bodies concerned, including the new Hove and Portslade District J Cursing Association, retain or have been given a large enough part in the service and scope jfor their activities to retain a lively interest in the work. 11 The number of District Nursing Associations in the county was 54. The total number j ;jf nurses (including emergency staff) employed in the county by the County Nursing I i\ssociation was 100 ; 14 of these were engaged as whole-time health visitors and school I, purses, 19 carried out combined nursing duties (midwifery and general nursing in the home), iJ|[ was engaged on general nursing only and the remaining 66 on generalised nursing (mid- j4Ivifery, general nursing and health visiting). III f; Ante-Natal Services. During the year Ante-Natal Clinics, separately from Infant jl| lA’elfare Centres, have been conducted in 10 districts, and in addition ante-natal consul- lations were held at 25 Infant Welfare Centres at the same session as general work. The listrict nurse-midwives made 7,907 visits to 1,058 expectant mothers attended by them luring the year. )| T Supply of Sheets for Expectant Mothers. The Department continued to supply coupon- Equivalent certificates to expectant mothers whose confinements were to take place at lome and who were in need of sheets. Until 15th March, 1949, when clothes rationing ceased and the scheme became unnecessary, 390 certificates were issued to 133 expectant nothers on the recommendation of the midwives or doctors. Sterilised Maternity Outfits. In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, outfits were made available for any woman having her confinement at home, iinancial need being disregarded. During the year 1,992 outfits were supplied to midwives for distribution to those requiring them. Dental Treatment of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Infants. The Authority’s scheme for dental treatment of expectant and nursing mothers and infants under the age bf five years is co-ordinated with the scheme for dental treatment of school children. Treat- ment is carried out at County Clinics, on hired premises and occasionally, at voluntary Infant Welfare Centres. There follows below a report by Mr. P. S. P. Jenkins, Senior Dental Officer ; but reference should be made to the impossibility of obtaining sufficient dental >urgeons to give the service desired, owing to the discrepancy between the salaries available n the General Dental Services (Part IV) and Health Authority Services (Part III). While :he position here is much less serious than in many places (chiefly the larger county boroughs), t I I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29186870_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
