[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council.

  • Buckinghamshire (England). County Council. n 50052973.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Permanent Mobile Voluntary Total (5) Number of children referred f (6) elsewhere by Medical Officer Children who attended during the year and who were born in:— 312 (308) 14 (6) 326 (314) (a) 1965 7,668 (7,692) 308 (281) 95 (90) 8,071 (8,063) (b) 1964 7,840 (7,416) 335 (256) 88 (111) 8,263 (7,783) (7) (c) 1960—1963 Total number of children who 7,449 (7,294) 508 (447) 60 (68) 8,017 (7,809) (8) attended during the year Attendances during the year made by children born in :- 22,957 (22,402) 1,151 (984) 243 (269) 24,351 (23,655) (a) 1965 50,939 (53,144) 1,073 (981) 444 (410) 52,456 (54,535) (b) 1964 56,178 (54,243) 1,512 (1,140) 474 (653) 58,164 (56,036) (9) (c) 1960—1963 Total attendances during the 26,330 (25,659) 1,578 (1,238) 206 (271) 28,114 (27,168) year 133,447 (133,046) 4,163 (3,359) 1,124 (1,334) 138,734 (137,759) * Twenty half-day sessions each month covering 60 villages. Distribution of Welfare Foods Welfare foods were being sold from 132 distribution centres at the end of 1965 and of these centres 96 were held in conjunction with Child Welfare Centres. Welfare foods were also on sale from the mobile Child Welfare Clinic which made monthly visits to some 60 villages mainly in the north of the County. The following summary of issues of welfare foods during the year (figures for the year 1964 being shown in parentheses,) shows that the sales of bottles of orange juice increased, that there was a small increase in the number of tins of national dried milk (half cream) sold and that sales of other foods fell. National dried milk—full cream 42,859 tins (47,245) National dried milk—half cream .. 630 tins (572) Cod liver oil .. 10,237 bottles (10,568) Vitamin tablets 11,144 pkts. (12,933) Orange Juice .. 170,834 bottles (165,828) These sales were undertaken with the co-operation of the Women’s Voluntary Service, the British Red Cross Society and the Women’s Institutes. Many of the voluntary workers have helped in the provision of this service since it was taken over by the County Council more than ten years ago. There is no doubt that without that voluntary help it would have been necessary to employ part-time clerical help at more than the two centres at which paid help is at present employed. Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Care The majority of confinements are booked to take place in the hospital or maternity units. All expectant mothers who are to be confined at home are advised to consult the general practitioner who arranges to be responsible for the obstetrical care. Close liaison exists between the doctors and the domiciliary midwives. Some mothers are examined in their own homes but, particularly in the towns, it is more convenient if the patients attend ante-natal sessions at clinic premises. Sixteen of these were operating on December 31st. A total of 1,535 mothers attended ante-natally and the midwife was present when 188 of them received their post-natal examinations by the doctor. The training of expectant mothers in mothercraft, relaxation and correct breathing technique, in preparation for confinement was again undertaken by many domiciliary midwives and health visitors. A total of 1,450 classes were held during 1965 compared with the total of 1,374 during 1964.