[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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    i'0(1u(‘(m1 ov ]‘07iiiit(Ml ill lu'cessitous cases, Tliere is no fix(‘(l scal(', (‘acii cas(‘ lieiii^- cousidi'n'd individually. d wiMi(y-i iiri'c palienls nau'e adniilied io ilie Ifonie din iuo' i Ii(> yeai‘, conijiai ed Avitli IS in Ihe previous year, ddie avei-a^e stay in ilu* Home was 14 days. Apart ti'oni ili(‘ admission of women, arrano-ements wei'e also made foi' tlie Ireatmeni of four very debilitated infants who mnaled careful feeding' io save iliem. As the IMinisii'y of Ilealtli do not apiirove of ilie regular admission of women and infanis tln^ cases in ({iiestion were only admitted undei' very urg'ent circumstances. Medical assistance was called in on one occasion, and the sum of t‘S9 7s. fid, was received in fees. I’l'ovision is also made foi‘ the admission of women to the York Maternity llosjiital, but as accommodation can usually Ix' found without dithcnlty at Dia’tlield the cases sent to Vo7'k are those of difficult or abnormal con- finements. One patient with a contracted pelvis was transfei'red fiom the Driffield Home, and another patient was admittt'd direct for induction of labour. One woman undei' ante-natal care was also admitted to the llull Infirmary for a Cesarean Section. PROVISION OF EXTRA NOURISHMENT. Milk has been provided free of cost to bd necessitous expectant or nursing mothers and to children under five '.years of ag'e. The Health ^^isitors issue vouchers for stated (quantities of milk for periods not exceeding' one month. If necessary fresh vouchers are issued for further periods. There is no fixed scale, but full ])articulars of each family’s (*ircumstances are submitted to the subse(|uent ([uarterly meeting of the Committee for approval. dhie total cost of the milk supqilied during the year was £44 9s. 9d. The gratuitous provision of milk in the case of a large family where the father is a labourer is a real help, for it would apqiear that generally speaking there is no other source of help available excejit the Poor Law, and this help is (quite naturally refused because of the taint of qoanq)erism. NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 AND 1915. Py Older of the M'inistry of Health the administra- tion of the Notification of Births Acts was transferred