Report upon maternity and child welfare for the year 1929 / Monmouthshire County Council.
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: Report upon maternity and child welfare for the year 1929 / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The number of children on the register at Aberbargoed for 1929 was 386 as compared with 330 in 1928. The number of new cases, was slightly less than in 1928, but on the other hand the number of older children who attended was much higher. The average attendance has risen from 45.6 to 47.5. Mothers have attended well and expectant mothers have been quite willing to be re¬ ferred to the ante-natal cenltre at New Tredegar for further examination. The numbers at New Tredegar centre have fallen slightly, the number of infants on the register being 249 as against 257 in 1928, and the average attendance was 25.6 as com¬ pared with 27. The; number of expectant mothers has risen from 21 to 35 and the number of nursing mothers was also high. At Aberbargoed a good deal of free food was still given, owing to the number of miners still on the dole in 1929; but the amount was not so high as in 1928, the total sum spent in the year being 15 per cent, less than in the previous year. The amount of free food given at New Tredegar was small and was 10 per cent, less than in 1928. A good many drugs were used at Aberbargoed, especially remedies for chest trouble, as about seventy children were treated during the year for bronchitis or bronchial catarrh. Drugs used for mothers were those neces-sary in the treatment of constipation, anaemia and dyspepsia. Except for general physical examination and urine testing] no special ante-natal work was done at Aberbargoed, and cases for pelvic measurements were sent to Pengam. During 1929 two mothers were admitted to hospital in Cardiff under the care of Dr. Strachan and though both labours were complicated, in both cases the result was a live and healthy infant. No special ante-natal work was done at New Tredegar till the end of the year 1929, when the Centre was then equipped for such work and one day a month fixed for the examinations of cases from Aberbargoed, Cwmsyfiog and New Tredegar. Aberbargoed.—As in 1928 children under the age of 1 year do not show signs of under-nourishment but a large, number between the ages of 1 and 2 years are very much underweight. A large number of mothers suffer from debility and anaemia probably due to under-nourishment. New Tredegar.—Conditions here are fairly good and only in a few cases do infants show signs of under-nourishment. A large number of children aged 2-4 years attended Aberbargoed Centre. These were mostly cases which were first brought as infants and have continued their attendance up to school age. About half the number were a little underweight but healthy, and one or two were very much underweight. Only a few toddlers attended New Tredegar Centre and those on the whole are fairly well nourished.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28861498_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
