[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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![St. Elizabeth’s Convent.—At thf- luaternity and child welfare (dinio held here in connection with this Inslitutioi; tlie folloui*:-, attendances were inade during the year— Antenatal clinic: 1st visits oG; revisits H4. Postnatal clinic: children under 1 year— 1st visits ld*2; revisits 1,24G. children 1—5 years— 1st visits 4'h ; revisits 640. Financial assistance.—The grants made by the Corporatifin to the above voluntary associations providing maternity- and cdiild welt; re services under section 101 of the Local Government Act 1020 are as follows;— £ Birkenhead and Wirral Invalid Children’s Association 40 St. Faith’s Home for Mothers and Babies GdO Birkenhead Maternity Hospital— {a) Hospital treatment of delicate babies 100 {h) Infant welfare centre 90 (c) District midwifery 22 St. Elizabeth’s Convent 50 AGENCIES NOT PEOVIDED OE ASSISTED BY THE LOCAL AUTHOEITY Other agencies whose work in Birkenhead touches the welfare of mothers and infants, but which are not provided or assisted by the Birkenhead Corporation, are the following:— The Birkenhead and Wirral Children’s Hospital. The Charity Organisation Society. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The Gynaecological Clinic at the General Hospital. NUESING HO:\IES 1 application for registration (transfer of ownershi])) was made and granted during the year. No orders were made cancelling registration. Applications were received and granted for exemption from registration from the Birkenhead General Hosintal, the Birkenhead and Wirral Children’s Hospital, and the Birkenhead Alaternity Hospital. The total number of Nursing Homes registered in the Borough at the end of the year was 14.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927291_0097.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
