[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

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

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    Breech delivery 29 Hyperemesis gravidc.ru]n 2 Premature labours 42 Induction of labour 50 Pyelitis 4 Ante-natal rest 16 In addition to the above, 44 cases of abortion were admitted and treated. Emergency Maternity Homes.—Five emergency maternity homes opened at the outbreak of hostilities for the reception of local and evacuee expectant mothers were still functioning at the beginning of 1940. Three of these homes were closed during 1940 as redundant. The numbers of admissions to the emergency maternity homes during the year were as follows;— Blackpool patients Evacuee patients 576 548 of which 490 and 514 cases were delivered by doctors. Institutions ancillary to the launching of a comprehensive Maternity Homes Scheme v/ere opened in 1939 and subsequently in 1940, though not all continued to function throughout the year. The following is a list of these establishments and their uses:— Opened ^ Closed Puerpera,! Hospital, Grundy Home 9. 9.39 2. 2.40 Residential Nursery, 584, Lytham Rd. 23.10.40 Sick Bay, 56, Reads Avenue 9. 1.40 12.12.40 Skin Hospital, Old Red Lion Hotel 17. 2.40 Post-Natal Hospital, 214, Whitegate Drive . 28. 9.40 7.10.40 Sick Children’s Hospital, “Greystones” Oct., 1939 7. Post-Natal Clinic.—The Post-Natal Clinic has continued to be held during the year. Patients are encouraged to attend the clinic after confinement. Full examination is made and advice given when necessary. One hundred and ninety-six patients were attended to at the clinic during the year. 8. Infant Welfare Clinics.—These clinics continued to function during the year. Medical and nursing advice is given to mothers, the babies are weighed and examined periodically and records of their progress kept. Dried milk is given to suitable cases, either free or at cost price. During the year, 6,206 packets of dried milk were dis- pensed, 608 free and 2,788 at less than cost. There were 1,517 visits to children between 0-5 years at the clinics during the year, Avith a total of 17,912 attendances. It Avill be noted that there is a material increase in the number of children attending the clinics and mothers realise more and more the benefit and assistance they get in the bringing up of their children.
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