[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C.

  • Bilston (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis. — All cases notified are visited by the Health Visitor who gives suitable advice and reports the details ot her investigations to the County Authority. Sanitarv defects in the home ate reported to the San- itary Inspector and as far as possible defects in the home conditions are remedied. The environment of many of the cases is deplorable and until further houses are available general improvement cannot be expected. During- the year 64 notifications, affecting 54 cases, were received. Of these 37 were primarv notifications and 27 secondary from Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions and Sanitoria. Of the cases notified 45 were suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 9 from other forms. I he average number of cases notified for the last 7 years is 70. The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) during the year was 35, giving a death rate cf 1 3 per 1,000 of the population. 1 he following table shows the age, sex, and parts of body affected Localisation ot Disease. O 73 5 S 2 years, j ■*2 (O >» 5 years 1 0 DO g >5 3 CO c 15 years. | ri -T M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Lungs 0 2 f) 6 1 7 11 1 l Glands 1 1 Bones & Joints 1 1 Abdominal 1 2 Brain 1 Skin 1 Tot a. 1 2 2 7 ] 7 11 10 •2 3 1 HEALTH VISITOR’S REPORT, 1319. l he follow ing is the report of the Health Visitor tMiss K E Silver- sides), on her general work, and also oji the work of the Infant Welfare . Centre : — The number of births registered lot the year is 704. Of these 6^0 were visited. The visits are made as soon as possible after the Doctor or Midwife has finished. The mother is advised on the care and feeding of her baby and on the*necessity of daily baths and proper clothing. Fortunately most babies are naturally fed at least for the first month. Stress is iaid upon the advantages of this form of feeding, and the mothers are encouraged to continue it. At the fiist v isit special enquiries are made as to the home con- ditions. There is a gient amount of over-crow ding and the mothers are told of its physical and moral disadvantages, and also of the value of fresh air and cleanliness in the home and its surroundings. Sanitarv defects are notified to the Inspector, 224 defects being notified during the veai. Re-vistts. —1497 1'--visits have been paid dining the vear to infants undei one veai of age. All cases are re-visited to inquire into the progress of the baby, to note any change made in its diet, and to give advice on 'he same. T he unsatisfactory cases are given special attention b\ frequent re visits. There is a great tendency, either whollv or partly, to artificially feed It;