[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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![The following table gives an indication of the work done at the clinics during the year:— llaniilton Sij. (i)S ses.sioiis) S.)uth (lO'i Sessions) Mount (trove (.')0 sessions) North (101 se.ssions) 1st vi.sits Ry- visits 1st visits Re- visits 1st visits Re- visits 1st visits Re- visits Attomlineos iiunle by infants umlor 1‘2 months 255 4953 254 3331 157 1990 313 4345 Atttaulances made by chi]<hvn aijoil 1—2 years 9 564 16 623 10 381 13 829 Atteiuianees made by ehildren ai^i'd 2—.') years 11 158 41 328 10 194 27 645 Examinations of ehildren by Doetor 272 2867 334 2536 176 1130 355 3082 Voluntary workers.—I have again to express appreciation of the valuable services given at the various clinics by voluntary workers, who gave up a great deal of their time for this purpose. Supply of Milk.—Dried milk was sold at the clinics to suitable cases. During the year supplies of milk w'ere given free under the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1921, to 181 nursing mothers and 360 children and at a small charge to 288 expectant mothers Milk is given only to— (a) Nursing mothers who are actually suckling their children ; {h) Expectant mothers in the last three months of pregnancy ; (r) Children up to nine months whose mothers are unable to nurse them ; and to these only w’hen the doctors at the clinics have satisfied them- selves. by medical examination of the cases on whose behalf the applications have been made, that the supply is essential on grounds of health. ANTENATAL CLINICS Antenatal clinics were held throughout the year, twice weekly (Tuesday morning 0.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and Thursday afternoon 2 to r> p.m.) at Hamilton Square, and once w’eekly (Monday afternoon 2 to .> p.m.) at the North Clinic. Clinics were held on 148 occasions; the numl)er of ]>atients dealt with being 940 H of these made two separate series of attendances during the year) and the total number of attendances made being 3,433. Df this total 169 ]){itients carried over from 1933 made 385 attendances. Condition with regard to pregnancy.—The condition w'ith regard to j.reLmancv of tlie 771 new cases .at the time of their first visit w'as as follows:— (r>‘ 184 were in their first i>regnancy.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0099.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
