[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wigton, Penrith and Cockermouth continued their good work. At the Penrith centre 271 children under o years of age attended, making nearly 2,000 attendances. These figures show a very substantial increa.se over the previous year. At Cockermouth 02 children attended making 430 attendances, and at Wigton 57 children attended, making 275 attendances. MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES. One registered nursing home was closed during the year. PUERPERAL PYREXIA. During the year .34 cases were notified, compared with 43 cases during the previous 3^ear. The usual table reviewing the notifications over a period of years is omitted. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT, 1933. The work of supervision and visitation of the children who are boarded-out under the terms of the above Act has been carried out, as hitherto, b}' the whole-time Health Visitors of the County Council, who are designated, and specially approved as Infant Life Protection Visitors. No case of child neglect among these boarded-out child- ren came to our notice during the 3^ear. R]:P0KT on VISIIATION OK CHILDREN I'OR THE YE.\R ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1939. Le^it. Illeg. Total M. F. M. /•'. M. F. No. of Children under .supervision on 1st January, 1939 5 3 . . 15 11 . . 20 14 No. brouf'ht under supervision during year ended 31st Decem- ber, 1939 . . 1 1 . . 7 4 . S 3 No. removed from Register during the year ended 31st December, 1939 2 1 . . (S 0 . . 8 7 No. remaining under supervision as at 1st January, 1940 . . 4 3 . . US 9 . . 20 12 Total No. of 1st Visits to Homes by Health \'isitors 13 ,, . . Re-visits ,, 1 • 201 ,, of Children concernetl . . . . , . , , 47