[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    supply for ('xpoctaul and nursing inolliors and for infants, and also givos valnaltlo ludp in llie inanagriiKnit of the Infant ^^Vlfar(' (Vntro. Assisted r»’iilk Supply. During the year (ho number of families supplied with free milk was 81, at a cost of £77 los, Od. Maternity Bags. The number of maternity bags lent during the year was 7, 3 being paid for, and 4 lent free to cases where the hnsbaml was unemployed, Ante-Natal Clinic. The Ante-Matal Clinic was held throughout lh<‘ year on Fiiday afternoons at 2 o’clock at the fjifant \Velfare CVntri', w h(“n the Mi’dical Ofticer of Ili'alth was in attendance, 'Potal number of patients seen 177 'Total number of attendances ,., ,,. 328 In this connection tins Health Visitors also paid 3bS \isits to Ante-Natal cases at honu', Kcspital Beds. The following cases were treated at the General [ntirinary during the year in accordance with the arrangements ])reviously described for the treatment of cfimplicated cases of pregnancy or labour, and also cases with co)nplications arising after parturition whether in the mother or in the child. Condition or Disease. Result. ■ Cured. Died. Placenta Prfevia 1 ■ -- Retained Membranes — — Incomplete abortion 6 — Difficult labour 2 — Abortion 3 — Puerperal Sepsis 1 — Puerperal P\Toxia 2 — .Miscarriage 2 — Other conditions 5 — 'Total 22 0