[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    iuftM'iinn, etc. During' the year 78 visits were paid l)y the ijis})ector. ddie iiuiiil)er of inidwives who notified their intention to practise in the County during’ the year 1925 Avas 45, of Avhich number 45 Avere qualified to do so as holders of a di])loma and 10 as registered but uncertificated midwives. Three of the certificated inid- Avises ai'e employed by l^ocal Nursin”* Associations. If it Avere not for these Associations there Avould be very little inidAvifery service aAuiilable in the country districts, for they are so si)arsely populated that a niid- Avife could not possibly earn a livelihood. It folloAvs from this statement that as the Local Xursin<2;’ Associations onlv coauu* a relatiA'elv small area of the ♦ t Lidin^- the oreate]* ])art of the County has no midwifery service at all. ()f the re^’istered births 20% Avere attended by mid- Avives, compared Avith 17% in 1924 and 14% in 1924. A'otices Avere receiA^ed as folloAvs : — Sending’ for medical help 57 Stillbirths 8 Artificj’al Feeding 5 Liability to be a source of infection ... 1 LaA'ing-out dead bodv 2 The ])aymeut of the fees of doctors called in by midwiA'es in a(‘cor(bnice Avith section 14 of the MidAviA^es Act, 1918, amounted to £41 Is. (id. During the same period £() 11s. Od. Avas recoA’ered from patients. Ao s(‘ale of lees is in o])eration, but the amount (if any) to be recoA’ered is assessed bA the CountA' Medical Officer, Avho re])orts his action to the subsequent quarterly meeling of the Public Health Committee. BLIND PERSONS ACT, 1920. This Act required the County Council to make arrangements for ])romoting the Avelfare of thei blind ])ersons living Avithin the AdministratiA^e County. The Act is administered bA the Public Health Committee, Avho formulated a scheme in 1921, Avhich aauis approved bv the ^linistrv of Health. This scheme, Avhich does not interfere Avith the duty of the Education Authority to ])rovide education and training for the blind, proAu’des, infer aha, by agreement with the Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind,