[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1935
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![% Interviews in office.—20 interviews between Hiidwives and the Assistant Inspector of AJidwives took place durinp the year. Cases of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia in practice of midwives.—14 visits were made to 12 cases of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia. Cases requiring medical help.—521 cases were notified by midwives in which medical aid had been called in, as against 020 last year. 4<jl visits were inade regarding cases requiring medical hel]>. Notifications received from midwives.—‘10 cases of stillbirths were notified; 18 cases were notified of infants receiving artificial feeding; 7 cases were notified iu which a death had occurred in the ju’actice of a midwife; 0 intimatioiis of having laid out dead bodies were received. Supply of silver nitrate to midwives.—Supplies of a colloid preparation of silver nitrate are issued to midwi\es at cost i*rice. No request was made for this during the year. Ophthalmia neonartorum.—12 cases were notified during the year. Notified Treated at home Treated in hospital Still under Vision treatment unimpaired at end of year Death.-* 12 7 1 r, i 11 1 1 i ~ Employment of, or subsidy to, practising midwives by the local authority.—^No practising midwives (except those on the staff of the Municipal Hospital) are employed or subsidised by the Birkenhead Local Supervising Authority. HOME VISITING OE EXPECTANT ^lOTHPES, MOTHEPS, AND YOUNG CHILDEEN Home visiting.—The following is a summary of the visits })aid by the health nurses in connection with expectant mothers, mothers, and young children: — 2341 routine first visits were })aid to infants. 3761 routine revisits were paid to infants under 1 year. 9734 routine visits were paid to cliildren over 1 year and under 5 years old. 24 first visits and 1 revisit were ])aid in connection with the investigation of stillbirths. 9 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were visited and kept under supervision. 215 first visits were paid to expectant mothers. 41 revisits were paid to ex])ectant mothers. Ill visits were made in connection with deaths of infants. 878 visits were made in connection with miscellaneous matters. 2277 visits were made in which no access could be obtained.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927291_0091.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
