[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council.
- Berwickshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1943
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![INSPECTION OF TINNED AND OTHER FOODS. C ei tificates of unfitness for human consumption were issued in respect of the following foodstuffs :— Tinned meat 409 lbs. Tinned milk ... ... ... ... 883 lbs. Tinned vegetables 99 lbs. Tinned fish 31 lbs. Tinned fruit ... 31 lbs. Tinned tomatoes 15Jlbs. Butcher meat ... ... ... 113 lbs. Cheese ... ... 234Jibs. Bacon ... 49 lbs. Margarine ... ... ... ... 22 lbs. Butter... ... 53 Jibs. Oranges 36 lbs. Total weight ... 1,976J lbs. MATERNITY AND INFANT WELFARE. BIRTHS. Number registered (i) legitimate ... ... ... ... 368 (ii) illegitimate ... ... ... ... 20 Still Births ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 INFANTILE MORTALITY. Number of Deaths under one year of age ... ... ... 26 (of which 10 occurred within the first ten days after birth.) Rate per 1,000 births ... ... ... ... ... ... 67.0] MATERNAL MORTALITY. Number of Deaths resulting from Miscarriage or Childbirth ... 0 From Puerperal Sepsis ... ... ... ... ... ... — REPORT UNDER MID WIVES’ (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1915. No action was found necessary. CLINICS AND SPECIAL TREATMENT CENTRES. During the year eight infants were examined by Dr. Flint, \ School Oculist. PUBLIC HEALTH (NOTIFICATION OF PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA) REGULATIONS (SCOTLAND), 1929. Total number of cases of (a) puerperal fever ... ... ... 1 (b) puerperal pyrexia ... ... 2 Total number of cases removed to City Hospital, Edinburgh, for (a) puerperal fever ... ... ... ... ... 1 (b) puerperal pyrexia ... ... ... 2 Number of deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... ... — Cases receiving Hospital Treatment. ... ... ... ... 3](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28647804_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
