[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. Dental Care of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under School Age. (a) Number of Officers employed at end of year on a salary basis in terms of whole-time officers to the maternity and child welfare service:— (1) Senior Dental Officer .. .. .. _ 0.25 (2) Dental Officers .. .. .. .. .. [ ’ o!89 (b) Number of Officers employed at end of year on a sessional basis in terms of whole-time officers to the maternity and child welfare service .. .. .. .. .. .. _ None (c) Number of dental clinics in operation at end of year .. .. 15 (d) Total number of sessions (i.e. equivalent complete half days) devoted to maternity and child welfare patients during the year: 44 in Chesterfield Borough. None specifically set aside in remainder of County for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and pre-school children. (e) Number of expectant and nursing mothers for whom treatment was completed during the year .. .. .. .. .. 7 (/) Number of children under school age for whom treatment was completed during the year .. .. .. .. .. 164 5. Health Visiting and Tuberculosis Visiting. A. Visiting. HEALTH VISITORS TUBER- CULOSIS VISITORS Number of children under 5 years of age visited during year (2) Expectant mothers* . Children under 1 year of agef Children age 1 and under 2 years Children age 2 but under 5 years Tuber- culous House- holds]: Other cases § Total number of families or house- holds visited by Health Visitors (11) — Total visits paid to tuber- culous house- holds^ (12) (1) First visits (3) Total visits (4) First visits (5) Total visits (6) Total visits (7) Total visits (8) Total visits (9) Total visits (10) (a) L.H.A. 42,599 2,469 3,360 9,557 28,319 17,217 32,233 3,603 4,626 35,584 — (i) Vol. Org. - - — - - — — — — — ‘These figures should not include visits paid by a midwife-health visitor who is to attend the confinement as a midwife or maternity nurse. The “first visit” to an expectant mother is the first visit paid by a health visitor during any one pregnancy. tThe “first visit” to a child under 1 year old is the first visit paid by a health visitor of this Local Health Authority after the birth of the child. +This heading relates to visits made by health visitors not employed solely on tuberculosis work (as to which see col. (12)). §“Other cases” should include visits for such purposes as reporting on still- births and infant deaths, infectious disease, care of old people, hospital after- care, etc. IjThis heading relates to visits made by health visitors and tuberculosis visitors employed solely on tuberculosis work. B. Climes. (a) Total number of attendances made by health visitors at local health authority clinic sessions per month .. .. • • 832.25 (b) Total number of attendances by whole-time tuberculosis visitors at chest clinic sessions per month .. .. . • • •