[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MativniiIf (in(I child in!fare Midwives 100 iiii(l\'vi\es ^^a\'( ii(jli<‘(* oi' iIk-'h- intuiil kjji I*- j.ra:-l i;-( ii' tlie J l()roiia]i. Municipal Midwives The follow is a sniiiinaj-y of tlie woiT of ilu* : \Uiom -tin,c AuinieJjail iiii(lw'i\es on the staff of tlu* depai-t iiienl ; Xnnihei' of ])Ookinpfs S()4 Xiiiiiher of l)ii‘ths Xniiiher of visits to patients KhaO.-j Maternity Hospital Midwife Under tlie terms of the a^freeinenl with tin* MatcTiiity Hospital for doniieiliary midwifery, the Hospital midwife carried out worlv as follows; — Xnmher of hool-iinps 11*J Xninher of hirths 70 Xnmhei' of \isits to jiatients 1 .OOd Home Visits in eonneetion with the Mateiaiity and ('hild Wflfaro Scla-mo, visits w'ere ])aid by the Health Visitors as follows : — To ('liildrc'ii imdei- 1 year (iT'Jd d\) ehildren between 1 year i\. d xc-ai's Sd'iC) To ex])e('tant mothei's ISO To mothers and ehildren (inisc!*]- laneons matters) d27() Infant Welfare Clinics At the infant welfai'e elinies l.bdG first \isits and 10.508 revisits were made by ehildi’eu under 5 years of age. Of these. 1,586 (who made 5,877 revisits) were examined by an assistant medical officer. JSelow^ is a table showing the number of births notitiedi during the year in tlie areas associated with each clinic: and the number of infants under one year who have attended the clinics for the first time. North South Hamilton Sq. ilount Grove Total of births notified of infants who 965 ' 991 590 545 3091 attended 508 (52%) 593 (60%) •227 (40%) 208 (30%) 1536 (50%) Siuiplies of free milk were given to; — 78 infants At the toddlers’ clinics 250 first visits and 2824 revisits were made. Antenatal Clinics In regard to the antenatal ^clinics, sessions were held on 154 occasions, the number of patients dealt with 1,140; the total number of attendances being 3,779.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
