[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1919
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Supply of milk.—])ried milk was sold at the clinics to suitable case^. Supplies of milk were given free under the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918, to:— 3 Expectant mothers. 3C) Nursing mothers. 17 Children. OTHER PROVISION MADE BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. Cases dealt with at Borou^ Hospital.—During the year, under the Corporation’s agreement, 80 cases were dealt with at the Borough Hospital; 8 women and 72 children. Cases dealt with at Leasowe Hospital.—The three beds reserved by the Corporation at Leasowe Hospital were in continuous occupation throughout the year. Cases dealt with by the Birkenhead District Nursing Society.— Several cases were dealt with by this society on behalf of the Corporation during the last six months of the year. Cases of confinement attended by medical practitioners.—In two cases where doctors were called in to difficult cases of confinement the doctors’ fees were paid by the Corporation under the provisions of the Midwives’ Act, 1918. The circumstances necessitating a doctor’s attendance in these cases were:— 1. Mother recently operated on for hernia. 2. Mother suffering from prolapsus uteri. In both cases, owing to the nature of the home circumstances, the whole of the medical fee was paid by the local authority. AGENCIES ASSISTED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. The Corporation gives financial support to certain other institutions, etc., for general services rendered in connection vdth maternity and child welfare work. 1. Birkenhead Maternity Hospital.—Here 15 beds are provided for maternity cases, but no beds are specially set apart for patients sent from this department. Under the direction of the Hospital Committee a clinic for mothers and babies is held at Grange Mount, Birkenhead. 2. St. Paul’s Eye Hospital, Liverpool.—Cases of ophthalmia neonatorum are treated at this hospital. During the year](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927138_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
