[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of Expectant Mothers recommended for further attention . . . . . . 06 Expectant Mothers X-rayed .. .. 23 „ ,, sent to Dental Clinics 35 „ ,, sent to Special Clinics 2 „ ,, sent to T. B. Clinic 2 ,, ,, sent to Skin Clinic 2 Specimens sent for Aschheim-Zondek . . (Pregnancy) Test .. . . 2 — 66 The cases sent for dental treatment were those in whom there were many carious teeth and nearly all of whom had an unhealthy if not actually septic condition of the gums. One would like to see this dental service used to a much greater extent than it is, but many expectant mothers have a fear of having dental extractions during pregnancy. Others make their first attendance so late in the pregnancy that it would be unwise to perform extractions. It is very desirable to carry out post-natal work at these district centres, but it has been quite impossible to do this owing to the shortage of personnel. The numbers attending ante-natally at Cannon Street Clinic (which was held weekly), now warrants two sessions weekly, while the Grove Hill Clinic, which is held fortnightly, could with advantage be a weekly clinic. There has been a very definite reduction in the number of breast abscesses in Nursing Mothers, reported during the year ; these amounted to only four along with two other cases of mastitis. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN. An increase in the number of illegitimate births is reported for the year. The following Table shows the figures for illegiti¬ mate births for the past six years :— 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 140 125 190 258 223 276