[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield R.D.C.
- Wakefield (England). Rural District Council
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ante-Natal Clinics. There are four of these clinics operating in the district — Middlestown, Crofton, Sharlston and Crigglestone. The first three are held fortnight]}7 and the last monthly. Dr. I. Hargreaves, Assistant County Medical Officer, acts as Medical Officer to these clinics. Attendances during 1948. Clinics. Sessions. Attendances. Middlestown .... Fortnightly ... 147 Crofton ... ... ,, ... 411 Sharlston ... ... ,, ... 321 Crigglestone ... Monthly ... 129 The provision of a free medical service for maternity has led many people to think that having booked a doctor for her confine¬ ment, a mother has no need to attend an ante-natal clinic, This was not the intention behind the plan. A doctor booked by an expectant mother undertakes to carry out at least one ante-natal examination, to attend the confinement if he considers it necessary and to make one post natal examination. Modern ante-natal practice involves several ante-natal examinations, examinations of the blood, urine and blood pressure repeatedly. Most general practitioners are too busy to do all this. The intention of the medical planners was that the resources of the ante-natal clinic should be at the disposal of the doctor in his general supervision of the case. It should be remembered that much of the improvement in maternal and infant mortality and the still birth rates is due to advances in our knowledge of nutrition and the blood, which is applied in the work of the ante-natal clinics. Domiciliary Midwifery. During the year there were two whole time midwives and six district nurses doing midwifery in the Rural District. Between them they delivered 152 cases as midwives and 27 cases as maternity nurses. Maternal Mortality. There were no deaths of mothers during the year. Child Welfare. Attendances : Clinics. Medical Officer. Health Visitor. Under i. i - 5 Crigglestone Dr. H. D. Elliott Miss Dyson 1174 492 Middlestown Dr. J. M. Aitken n n 914 801 Crofton Dr. I. Hargreaves Mrs. Spencer 1022 779 Sharlston Dr. C. S. Ash well 965 717](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30228128_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
