[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    instances to find accommodation for children coming under the provision of the Act, as most of the homes with suitable accommodation have one or more official children evacuees, for which, of course, there is the regular Government billeting allowances. REPORT ON VISITATION OF CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1940. Legit. Illeg. Total M. F. M. F. M. ]■. A. No. of Children under supervision on 1st January, 1940 4 3 . . 10 9 . . 20 12 B. No. brought under supervision during year ended 31st Decem- ber, 1940 . . 3 2 . . 4 6 . . 7 8 C. No. removed from Register during the year ended 31st December, 1940 2 3 . . 6 4 . . 8 7 D. No. remaining under supervision as at 1st January, 1941 .. 5 2 . . 14 11 . . 19 13 E. Total No. of 1st Visits to Homes by Health Visitors 15 ,, .. Re-visits ,, i 1 21u ,, of Children concerned . . . . . 47 Midwives. During the year 120 midwives notified their intention to practise. These notifications included 72 midwives em- ployed by Nursing Associations, 10 County Council midwives, and 7 Independent midwives, the remainder being midwiv’es in maternity units in hospitals, and holiday and emergency midwives. The average number of midwives undertaking domiciliary midwifery is 8o. There were four changes among the nurse-midwives employed by Nursing Associations affiili- ated to the Cumberland Nursing Association. At the end of the year there was still one small area in the County not provided with a midwife, but, as has already been noted earlier in the report, satisfactory arrangements have been made in respect of this area during 10-11. The Supervisor of Midwives paid 242 routine visits of midwifery inspection, and 02 special visits in connection with Puerperal Pyrexia, Ophthalmia, and other matters. Domiciliary midwifery cases amounted to 1,S()7. Of these, 514 were in the Boroughs of W'orkington and W'hite- haven, and 1,203 in other parts of the Administrative ('otmty. Maternity cases attened b\'^ midwives as maternity nurses amounted to 1)32. Of these, 44 \\erc in the Boroughs of W'orkington and Whitehaven, and oSS in other parts of the county. Medical help was summoned on 1,120 occasions.