[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1942
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    Tn addition 3(5 cases of sepsis and pyrexia were admitted to the Carlisle Infections Diseases Hospital, h'merftency admissions to hospital amounted to J2(). Nine conhnements took place in the maternity ward of the Public Assistance Institution, at Whitehaven. The number of visits paid during the year by Health \’isitors, County Council Midwives and District Nurses, to expectant mothers, amounted to 13,491, These figures exclude Workington (2,423), Alston (137), and midwives practising independently (],()39). Infantile Mortality. This question has been dealt with in the fir.st section of this report. Health Visiting. The relevant figures are :—■ I’isits by Health Visitors and District Xiirses :— Children under one 3'ear of a.ire . . . . . , 24.37fi Children between 1 and 5 .. .. .. ,, 18,199 Mateniiiv and Child Welfare Clinics :— Children under one year of age who attended .. 631 Children between 1 and 5 who attended . . . . 1,336 Total attendances . . . . . . . . . . 3,519 Defects under 5 years of age treated :— Dental defects . . .. . . . . .. . . 42 Eye defects . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Ear, Nose and throat rlefects . . . . . . . . 53 (For Orthopa;dic treatment see pa.gcs 31 to 34). At the Penrith Voluntary Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic 237 children attended, making 1,524 attendances. At Cockermonth 45 attended, making 2(58 attendances. W'igton \'oluntary Clinic was closed during the year Maternity and Nursing Homes. 'riicre was no clumge in the prtsition of Ke^dstered Nursing Homes during the year.