[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton Borough.

  • Taunton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Two ladies have continued to attend with the greatest regularity to weigh the infants and assist with their records. Their voluntary service is most valuable. The Infant Health Society under the direction of Mrs. Fowler has continued to be of assistance by the sale of dried milk and other foods and the provision of tea and the organisation of a yearly outing. The Work of the Health Visitor. The Health Visitor gives the whole of her time to duties in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare, these include home visits to children under 5 years of age, attendance at the Infant Welfare Centre and the Orthopaedic Clinic and the supervision of foster children under 5 years of age. During 1937 she made 4,201 visits to homes—these were for the following purposes:— First Visits. Re-visits. Under one year ... 362 Under one year ... 1179 Ante natal cases 41 Between 1—2 years ... 970 Still births 3 Between 2—3 years ... 879 Other visits ... 30 Between 3—5 years ... 659 Ante-natal cases ... 78 436 3765 The Ante-Natal Clinic. This was open on alternate Wednesday afternoons and as the number attending had increased to over 20 per session you approved of an extension of this service and the inclusion of post-natal examinations so that from the 5th May onwards it was opened each Wednesday afternoon from 2—4 p.m. The total number of sessions held was 43, and the total attendance was 694, including 153 new cases and 16 post-natal ones. Forty-two per cent, of the mothers confined during the year attended for examination. Dr. Marie Ellis, the Medical Officer for the Ante-Natal Clinic, has made the following report on her work :— “ In all 153 new cases were examined and abnormalities found number 26 or about 16 per cent. These were as follows :—
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