[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Holmfirth U.D.C.
- Holmfirth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1950
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Holmfirth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHILD WELFARE Infant Welfare Clinics. Weekly clinic sessions are held at Golcar, Holmfirth, Honley, Kirkburton, Lepton, Lintlnvaite, Marsden, Mclthain, New Mill, and Slaithwaite, whilst clinics are conducted twice monthly at Denby Dale and Skelmanthorpe. During the year '2,060 children were seen and a total of 16,712 attendances were made, details of which arc shown in the following table, as compared with 2,532 children and a total of 13,292 visits in the previous year. Clinic No. of sess- ions Children seen Attendances Average attendance per session Under 1 1-5 Total Under 1 1 1-5 Total Under 1 1-5 1 Golcar 51 39 115 154 002 538 1,200 12.98 10.55 Holmfirth 52 59 229 288 942 844 1,780 18.12 10.23 Honley 50 40 132 178 565 022 1,187 11.30 12.44 Kirkburton 40 33 88 12] 529 200 789 10.79 5.31 Lepton 49 47 07 114 599 454 1,053 12.22 9.27 Linthwaite 52 49 92 141 922 500 1,488 17.73 10.88 ; Marsden 51 57 230 287 897 1,479 2,370 17.59 29.00 | Meltham 47 50 172 222 857 943 1,800 18.23 20.00 New Mill 52 32 105 137 760 1 058 1,418 14.02 12.05 Slaithwaite 52 50 154 204 930 1,185 2,121 : 18.00 22.79 j Denby Dale 20 42 90 132 | 493 362 855 18.90 13.92 Skelmanthorpe 25 28 54 82 428 : 2ii 639 17.12 1 8.44 1 Total 550 532 1,528 2,000 8,590 8,122 J ,16,712 15.45 1 14.01 The monthly sessions of the Weighing Centre at Emley have con- tinued, 28 individual children having made 149 attendances. Premature Babies. During the year 50 babies weighing lb. or less were born in hospitals or nursing homes to mothers normally resident in the Division, and 17 were born at home, as compared with 47 and 11 respectively for the previous year. Of those born at home 2 were transferred to hospital, one of which died during the first 24 hours, and 2 died at home, one during the first 24 hours and one on the second day. The remaining 13 survived at the end of one month. Particulars of survival are shown in the following table: 11a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29433423_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
