[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council.
- Clackmannanshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) Number of deaths resulting from Puerperal Sepsis : Alloa, 1. 4. Report under Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915.— Detailed reports have been forwarded to the Cen- tral Midwives’ Board for Scotland, the Scottish Board of Health, the County Central Committee for Maternal and Child Welfare and the Town Council of Dollar. They may be summarised as follows :—Midwives eivin» notice of intention to practise: County District, 2; Al- loa, 7; Alva, 2; Tillicoultry, 1; Dollar, 0], Births attended by midwives, 244. Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorium, 1 (attended by a midwife). [Dollar, 0]. Cases of puerperal sepsis, 1 (attended by a midwife) [Dollar, 0]. Cases of still-birth, 12 (3 attended by midwives). [Dollar, 0]. No disciplinary action was required and the Act worked smoothly. 5. Home Visitation.— The following Table gives particulars of the Health Visitors’ visits to children during 1924. There is an increase of 1379 over the number of visits paid in 1923. No. of No. of Total 1st Subsequent No. of Visits. Visits. Visits. County District - - ‘212 4754 4966 Alloa Burgh ... ... 297 4940 5237 Alva Burgh ....... 86 8771 3857 Tillicoultry Burgh 77 3511 3588 Total, 672 10970 1764S 554 visits were paid to expectant mothers, while 43 in- spections of midwives and 30 visits to them for other reasons were made by the Health Visitors. [The District Nurse in Dollar paid 273 visits to chil- dren under five, of which 12 were first visits. She paid 14 visits to expectant mothers.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28648043_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
