[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Premature Infants — The number of births of children with a birth weight of 5^ lbs. or under to women normally resident in Cambridge was 84 of whieh 9 were born at home and 75 in hospital or nursing home. The 9 children born at home all weighed over 4 lbs. at birth and all survived more than 28 days. Of the remainder 10 were nursed entirely in nursing homes. Six who had a birth weight of over 4 lbs. survived more than 28 days but, of two with 'a birth weight of between 3 and 4 lbs., one died in the first 24 hours and the other surviv^ed more than 28 days. Two children with birth weights of under 3 lbs. survived more than 28 days. Information is not a\'ailable as to the birth weights and survival periods of children born prematurely in hospital. 1 lllegithnate Infants.—The arrangement whereby the County Council contributes £150 per annum to the funds of the Association for the Care of Girls for work in the Borough of Cambridge continued during 1950. The number of visits paid by Health A^isitors in Cambridge during 1950 was as follows :— To children under 1 year . . 1st visits 1,308 Total visits 6,102 To children aged 1-5 Total visits 8,849 To expectant mothers 1st visits 147 Total visits 273 Infant Welfare Centres.—A new centre was started in Cambridge at Norwich St. on April 5th, 1950. Otherwise the list remains as published in the report for the year 1949. ^ At the nine centres a total of 01 sessions per month was held and 3,634 children attended during the year. At the end of the year 763 were still under the age of one year. The number of new children attending was 1<286 of whom 1,066 were under the age of one vear at the time of their first attendance. The total number of attendances made by children under the age of one vear was 15,990 and bv children o\'er the age of one year 8,940. „ I’here were two day nurseries in oijeration in tambndge on December 31st. 1950, jiroviding 14 approved idaces for children aged 0-2 and 81 full time and 13 part time places for children average daily attendance during the vear was 11.5 children below 2 years of age and 67 full time and 7 part time children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. There were no residential nurseries managed bv the Health t mittee. om- Bviral Area. area, notification of intention to ]vractise was received of the yelTbehig^sV^ nninbcr known to be practising at the end