[Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The staff of health visitors who also act as School Nurses remains the same as last year, viz. a superintendent, six per- manent officers and two temporary ones. The London County Council has lent two school nurses, for school medical duties only. I.—CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Centre. Average No. of Infants on Books. Average No. of Attendances of Children. Average No. of Attendances of expectant Mothers Central District 144 58.3 2.3 Western District 296 83.9 1.9 Northern District 258 64.4 .7 Eastern District 313 65.3 1.7 Altogether 1,497 children under school age attended the centres making 13,852 attendances. The figures for the previous year were 1,382 and 15,453. The attendances of the various age groups were as follows Centre. Under 1. o 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 Total. Central 1590 680 480 166 52 2968 Western 2096 919 577 446 230 4268 Northern 1832 458 387 363 122 3162 Eastern 1560 683 501 445 265 3454 Total 7078 2740 1945 1420 669 13852 IL—MUNICIPAL ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CENTRE No. of sessions held .... 75 j No. of mothers attending 318 j Total attendances 849 [ Of new cases ;— Ante-Natal For diagnosis Post-Na.ta] Referred by :— Doctors at Welfare Centres Health Visitors Midwives Private practitioners Miscellaneously (e.g., by office staff in cases already sanc- tioned by the Committee for the Maternity Home, by other mothers attending the Clinic) Referred for treatment :— Dental treatment .x.. Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Birth Control Clinic Eye Infirmary Dispensary V.D. Clinic ...:. 288 i 11 t 7 'i 3 .I! 6 d 3c; 279 A 88 28*i!< —-I ]!' 4t