[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (/) provision of a home for ailing babies. (S) The supply of milk to nnrsing and expectant mothers and children under five years of age. (9) The provision of orthopaedic treatment for children under five years of age. (10) The institutional treatment of the expectant mother suffering from venerced disease * (11) Arrangements with the Shrewsbury Eye Hospital for treatmeiU of defects of the eve” ear, throat and nose. ’ T pro\nsion of a lecturer on hygiene, who is available for lecturing on child welfare. In additio]'! the County Council hris under consideration ;_, (1) The taking over of the Lady Forester Hospital, Wenlock, as an open air hospital and convalescent home. (2) The pa^-ment for beds for unmarried mothers and their mfants at existing hostels. The scheme of the Salop Infirmary for providing beds for children and complicated cases of confmement is in abeyance. . of Bxrihs Act, 1907.—This Act, which came into practical operation in 1915, ^ ^Velfare wort It is working smoothly, and as the figures quoted below shov, also efficiently. In 1918 the births notified or discovered were less than the number of bmths registered by 109. Subsequent inquiries brought to light 49 more births. In 1919 the births notified and discovered were 72 in excess of the registered births. Owing to the late registration of births there will never be an exact correspondence, but the figures show that practically all children now come under supervision. Notification of Births. Total Births, exclusive of Shrewsbury (L.G.B. Tables) coot Notification of births by midwhves » .. medical practitioners .. »» .. parents or other persons Total notified .. Discovered by Health Visitors .. .. ' Obtained from Registrars’ Returns 2871 694 51 3616 45 112 3775 Excess of Births notified or discovered over births registered ., 72 midwivl^'^ Borough of Shrewsbury, 585 notifications were received, of whi’ch 447’were sent in hy Medical and Health T isiting Services.—There are six medical officers undertaking school and maternity and child welfare work. Their duties consist of attending the Maternity and Child Wel- fare CenHes ^d exercising a general supervision over the work of the health visitor. It is estimated that this will occupy about one-third of their time. visitors. All these health visitors are now cmploved on maternity and child we fare, measles.ophthalmia.tuberculosis, and mental deficiency wo^k^and in Ihis^way the area of their districts has been greatly lessened, and 10 of them alL do schoS In addition Riere are 50 district nurses acting as part-time health vi.sitors. f y developed, and the amount of visiting is not up to the standard fixed by the^Ministry of Health. Four more health visitors have been LthoSed’ ' This comes under the i-cLeme 'or the Prevent ou and I reatment of Venereal Disease.