[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.

  • Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A perusal of maternal and neonatal mortality statistics for Denbighshire indicate that a high standard (jf maternal and child care has been achieved, but even so further improvement is possible. It is regrettable that maternity units are pressed t(j the utmost of their ca])acity, straining accommodation, staff and equipment, when many mothers could equally well have been confined at home. The full implications of these circumstances cannot be assessed, as all the necessary information is not being collated, but the incidence of infection in Maternity Units (mly becomes overt under the pressure of epidemic conditions. 'There are indications that Puerperal Pyrexia and Ophthalmia Neona- torum are not scrupulously notified, the infections being masked by liberal use of antibiotics. The number of infants being bottle- fed or receiving supplementary artificial feeds is high due again to pressure on staff. The present administrative structure of the Maternity Services is undergoing review and it is to be hoped that adjustments will take place that will lead to closer integration. ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CLINICS The post-natal clinics are incorporated with the ante-natal clinics and no special sessions are held for this purpose. The County Obstetric Officer attends at ante-natal and post- natal clinics as follows :— TABLE XII Location Day and Time Number of sessions per month Average number of new cases per session Average number of re-examin- ations per session Colwyn Bay ... Thurs., 2 1 3 Denbigh .... a.m. & p.m, 2 4 7 Cefn 2 2 9 Llangollen .. . Tues., p.m. 2 3 9 Llanrwst ... Thurs., a.m. 1 1 3 Rhos Thurs., a.m. 2 2 9 1 Grosvenor Rd., Wrex- ham ... Wed., a.m. 4 10 24