[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Notifications received from midwives.—32 cases of stillbirths were notified ; 9 cases were notified of infants receiving artificial feeding; 2 cases were notified in which a death had occurred in the practice of a midwife. Supply of silver nitrate to midwives.—Supplies of a colloid preparation of silver nitrate are issued to midwives at cost price. One request was made for this during the year. Ophthalmia neonatorum.—9 cases w^ere notified during the year. Xotilied Treated Treated Vision Vision Total Deaths at home ill ho.spital unimpaired impaired blindness 9 7 2 9 — — — Employment of, or subsidy to, practising mid wives 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 OF EXPECTANT MOTHEES, MOTHEES, AND YOUNG CHILDEEN Home visiting.—The following is a summary of the visits paid by the health nurses in connection with expectant mothers, mothers, and young children:— 2374 routine first visits were paid to infants. 5637 routine revisits were paid to infants under 1 year. 14203 routine visits were paid to children over I year and under 5 years old. 16 first visits and 2 revisits were paid in connection with the investigation of stillbirths. 7 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were visited and kept under supervision. 147 first visits were paid to expectant mothers. 38 revisits were paid to expectant mothers. 108 visits were made in connection with deaths of infants. 1427 visits were made in connection with miscellaneous matters. 2875 visits were made in which no access could be obtained. POSTNATAL CLINICS At the cud of the year the ])Ostnatal clinics were being held as follows:— Hamilton Sfjuare clinic: Monday and Wednesday afternoons. 2 to 5 p.rn. Sonfh clinio: TiiCisOny and Thursday afternoons, 2 to 5 p.m. Mount Grove clinic: Friday afternoon, 2 to 5 p.m. North rlinic: Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, 2 to 5 p.m.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0098.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
