[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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![St. Elizabeth’s Convent.—At the maternity and child welfare clinic he]d here in connection with this Institution the following attendances were made during the year— Antenatal clinic: li?t visits 48; Kevisits 57. Postnatal clinic : c-hildren under 1 year— 1st visits 152 : Itevisits 940'. children 1—5 years— 1st visits 25 ; Eevisits 643. Financial assistance—The grants made by the Corporation to the above voluntary associations ])roviding maternity and child welfare services under section lOl of the Local Covermiient Act 1929 are as follows:— £ Birkenliead and Wirral Invalid Children’s Association 40 St. Faith’s Home for IMotliers and Babies 650 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 HOMES 2 applications for registration (one of which was not granted) were made during the year. No orders were made cancelling registration. Applications were received and granted for exemption from registration from the Birkenhead General Hospital, the Birkenhead and Wirral Children’s Hospital, and the Birkenhead Maternity Hospital. The total number of Nursing Homes registered in the Borough at the end of the year was 14. MATEENAL MOETALITY During 1934. 13 women, ordinarily resident in Birkenhead, died iroin causes assoeiated with ])regnancy and childbirth.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0103.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
