[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Post-Natal Clinics : 'I'wo sessions in each montli are devoted to post-natal examinations. As in the case of ante-natal examinations, these are carried out by tlie Maternity and Child Welfare Medical Officer of the Local Autliority. The Midwives and Health Visitors have been instructed to impress upon mothers the importance of post-natal examinations. Maternity Outfits : Maternit}/ Outfits are issued at tlie Public Health Department to all expectant mothers who have elected to be confined in their own homes. Child Welfare : Child welfare clinics are held on three half-day sessions weekly, at the Public Health Department, Preston Road, North Shields. In addi¬ tion, similar facilities are provided at three subsidiary clinics in outl3dng parts of the Borough, on one half-day session per week. At the central clinic, one session per week only is attended by the Maternit\^ and Child Welfare Medical Officer. During this particular session, not all the babies are seen by the Medical Officer, but onty those by whom difficulty has been presented in feeding, where there has been defective behaviour, or where other conditions have arisen requiring medical advice. The children examined b}’ the Medical Officer on these occasions are selected by the Health Visitors, but arrangements are made whereliy any mother with her baby may be interviewed, if this is especially requested. All case records, including those made by the Health Visitors on home visiting cards, and by the Medical Officer on consultation cards, are reviewed, as the child to whom the}^ approaches school age, so that any relevant details of defects, etc., may be ])assed on to the School Medical Department. Toddlers' Clinics : No sessions are set aside specifically for the examination of toddlers* Tins branch of the work is carried out concurrently with the infant welfare clinics. Mothers of children between the ages of three and five are encouraged to bring their children at regular intervals for medical examination. Subsidiary Clinics : The subsidiary maternity and child welfare clinics in the Borough are three in number. The Maternity and Child Welfare Medical Officer attends for two short sessions per month at two of these. They are essentially weighing clinics, but, on the days when the Medical Officer is present, diphtheria immunisation is carried out, and any orthopaedic cases or enquiries with regard to feeding problems are inve.stigated by her.