[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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    lectures wore well attended and of niiicli value to those present, foi* theii* knowledg'e of their woi'k was both enlarged and refreished. NURSING ASSOCIATIONS. Tlie County Council make grants of .£‘25 pel* annum to tile iXui'sing Associations at Hornsea and Sutton, and a grant of £45 per annum to the Association at lIoAvden, on condition tliat tliey each em])lov a nurse-mi dAA ife Avho will also act as Healtli Visitor in their re spectiA’e districts. They are also reel ui red to furnish details (piartei'ly of the work done • The subjoined table s dlOAVS the Avork done during the past year : — HoAvden. Horn .sea. Sutton. To expeedant mothers : First Visits oT 32 18 Subsequent Visits . TG 4G 5G To infants under 1 year of age : First Visits . 120 92 29 Subse(|uent Visits . 289 79 210 To children between 1 and i r’ 3 vears . 24T 200 155 To illegitimate children (not included above) : First Visits . 8 — — Subsequent Visits . IG — o Other Visits . 10 — — (kmfinements attended : (a) With a doctor 1 12 11 (b) AVithout a doctor.. . 83 14 5 Total . 837 475 487 There are also Local Nursing Associations at Hessle, Filey, Welton and Norton. The Ilessle Association have an excellent Home where provision is made for the admission of maternity cases. Tliroughout the rest of the County the East Riding Nursing Association supplies nurses to its subscribers. Subscriptions and fees are paid according to the following scale: —