[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the latter for the aiieillary help whieh adds so much to the stan- dard of ante-natal supervision. The Relaxation Exercises class continues successfully. Sixty-nine mothers made 410 attendances during 1955, and it was found necessary to run tw-o classes in succession during the after- noon. This has the added advantage that mothers attending to book a inidwife or for ante-natal examination or tests, see the classes in action and readily join the happj'' group. A sewing class is held in the Eondon Road Clinic (May Hooker Centre) on Friday afternoons under the direction of Mrs. Koadle\ of the Technical College. The class is for expectant motliers and mothers of children under .school age and the fee is met in ])art by the mothers and for the rest by the Health Com- mittee. The young children are brouglit along and form a play group under the health vi.sitor or a voluntary worker. (a) The following figures .show the cases attending the Ante- Xatal and Post-Natal Clinic : — Ante-Natal Sessions held at Central Clinic and Nortli- gate Clinic ... ... ... ... p.>;j Motliers in attendance on 1.1.1955 ... 21 P'ir.st attendances during 1955 ... ... qq Mothers .still in attendance at end of 1955 ... l;} Total attendances ... ... ... ... 255 Blood examinations carried out ... ... ... ... 209 Number of Mothers who attended Po.st-Natal Examina- tions rile authority continues to supply maternity outfits cliarge to all expectant mothers booked for home delivery. 17 free of ib) Child Welf.are Centres. 1. Monday, 2 p.m.—Eondon Road, May Hooker Memorial Clinic. Doctor and Health Vi.sitors. 2. luesday, 2 p.m.—Hollow Eane (Winchea]) Primarv School). Doctor and Health Visitor. •‘i. Thursday, 2 p.m.—Central Clinic, Stour vStreet. Doctor and Health Visitors. 4. Friday, 2 ]i.m.—Welfare Hut, Military Road. Doctor and Health Visitor. 5. Friday, 2 ii.m.—Central Clinic, Stour vStreet. Health Visitors only. At all sessions attended by a doctor ])rotective inoculation or vaccination is offered. Small]iox, dijilitheria, whooping cougli and tetanus are the diseases a.gainst which protection is olTercd. During recent years we have encouraged mothers to bring school entrants to the clinics for a booster injection against di])htlieria. It was thought with the health visitor also functioning as .school nurse and in touch through home visiting that this would main- tain the level of ])rotection. The arrangement has not lx;en suc- cessful and the level of full dii)htheria protection has waned badly. It will be necessary to return to the method of seekin.g consents and to make a circuit of school visits to regain our level of diphtheria protection in the child iiopulatioii.