[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![‘21 SECTION IX. AMBULANCE FACILITIES. > (a) Infectious Cases.—Morris Commercial Special Motor e>ver Ambulance with separate compartment for infected bedding, dtted with two stretchers and sitting accommodation for two oatients. {b) Non-Infectious and Accident Cases. Three Motor Imbnlances manned by the Fire Brigade staff, available for lorongh and calls within 15 miles. ei K r( SECTION X. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. I The Clinical side, of the work has been continued as in previous^ /ears by Dr. Constance Hobertson in a most eaj)able manner, rhongh a part-time general practitioner in the service, her skill : ind enthusiasm are given wholeheartedly as Medical Olliccr at :he Clinics and as Inspector of Mid wives with excellent resnlts iS onr figures show in reduction of infantile mortality, and in .ncreased aj)preciation of the mothers as revealed by attendances. f Midwives’ Acts, 1902-1918. The ‘21 District Midwives are I inspected periodically by Dr. C'onstanee Robertson, who made '234 visits; of these 191 were routine visits, 5 were on account ' rf cases of 0})hthalmia Neonatorum, 30 for the death of the ::hild, 5 for death of mother, and 3 for Pemj)lngus. There were no ieaths of mothers in any Midwife’s ))raetice where a Doctor tiad not been in attendance. During the year Midwives attended 990 births alone, and 224 under the superintendence of medical ])ractitioners. ^ledical assistance was summoned on 213 occasions, including 48 eases where the Maternity Ward Sisters at the General IIos})ital and jthe Municipal Hospital called in a Staff Doctor. The Local ijSiipervising Authority is responsible for the payment of fees to tdoctors called in by Midwives, and with the continuance of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
