[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Attendances at Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in 1930 and 1931. Bridgnorth Church Stretton Dawley Ellesmere .. Highley .. Ironbridge Ludlow Market Drayton Newport .. Oakengates Oswestry .. Wellington W'hitchurch Totals Under 1 year. Children. Between 1 and 5 years. Expectant Mothers. New Cases. Total Cases. Total Attend¬ ances. New Cases. Total Cases. Total Attend¬ ances. New Cases. Total Cases. Total Attend¬ ances. 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 1930 1931 86 91 136 136 1090 909 50 23 167 161 2798 2525 39 96 49 150 136 204 18 12 20 22 149 194 25 3 143 138 580 591 3 11 3 12 22 33 105 118 130 164 1244 1485 66 16 199 165 3783 3900 52 65 59 70 129 235 46 45 75 67 395 445 10 14 85 53 390 601 14 17 2 20 27 48 34 46 215 56 249 322 6 4 15] 65 157 268 0 4 0 4 0 9 112 123 124 219 1126 1312 58 33 254 354 2036 1762 36 32 42 41 83 43 78 85 88 156 754 703 48 44 345 416 1667 1289 21 13 35 21 60 33 90 91 147 130 1326 705 39 49 195 222 2741 2241 52 66 61 70 143 138 93 79 134 117 529 536 27 16 178 196 456 528 57 54 60 55 87 89 145 143 219 212 1023 1322 54 37 270 189 1158 1249 37 51 51 60 153 148 192 205 382 362 1373 2016 82 52 507 247 1594 1824 57 36 76 42 177 112 153 141 197 210 753 1242 68 67 263 229 3643 2344 55 39 59 43 128 93 89 93 151 146 1532 1462 24 27 162 180 1239 1467 21 27 26 30 51 72 1241 1272|2018 1997 11543 12653 557 385 2919 261522242 20589 444 511 523 6181196 1257 As compared with 1930 there has been an increase of i,iio in the attendances of children under one year of age, and a decrease of 1,653 the attendances of children between the ages of one and five years. Although the ante-natal work is capable of much further development, progress in this very important branch of the maternity services continues to be made. During the year there was an increase of 95 in the number of expectant mothers attending the welfare centres, and there was an increase of 61 in the total number of attendances. Under an arrangement with the Borough of Shrewsbury, by which the County Council makes a small payment per case attending the Shrewsbury Welfare Centre or Ante-natal Clinic, 73 expectant mothers made 99 attendances, and 51 children under five years of age made 153 attendances. This arrangement proves very helpful with County Council cases resident near Shrewsbury and not, therefore, near any other Welfare Centre. (6) Infant Life Protection.—Every person accepting for reward the care of a child under seven years of age has now to notify the fact within 48 hours to the Authority responsible for the Maternity and Child Welfare Services of the area. These children are then put under the super¬ vision of the whole-time Health Visitors, who are required to visit them at least once a quarter, or more frequently should the home conditions or health of the child not be found quite satis¬ factory. All unsatisfactory conditions, which the foster-parent cannot or will not remedy with the advice of the Infant Protection Visitor, are immediately reported and the necessary action taken. In one case the foster mother died, and as no satisfactory arrangements for the child’s welfare had been made by the surviving husband, the child was removed to a Public Assistance Institution.