[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ailments, the health of mothers, the making of garments, etc., while instruction to girls in mothercraft was, during the year, extended to all the girls’ schools. A special feature of the Town Councils scheme is the provision for dental treatment of mothers and children below school age, now in operation for six years, under the direction of the Public Dental Officer. It includes •expectant and nursing mothers in attendance at the Infant Welfare Centres, and aims at the prevention of dental caries by instructional methods, though much actual disease still of necessity calls for treatment. During the year 32 mothers and 191 children received treatment, including the provision of dentures in the adult cases. Dr. Laird advocates a systematic house-to-house visitation to ensure that simple domestic measures for prevention of dental decay are systematically carried out, and to secure the attendance of the children at the Centres until they come automatically within the school dental scheme. Rural Districts.—The number of notifications received under the Notification of Births Acts during the year, 1,081, was 6 fewer than that recorded for the preceding year, births registered as having occurred during 1926 numbering 1,134, against 1,108 in 1925. After deducting 17 duplicates and 39 stillbirths, there remain 1,078 notified live births, or 95.1 per cent, of the total registered, as compared with 93.5 in 1925. The proportion of notifications (546) by midwives continued to show an increase, being 50 per cent, compared with 48 per cent, in the preceding year, the proportion notified by medical practitioners (479) decreasing from 47.0 to 44.3, those received from relatives (56) remaining practically unchanged. Health Visitors and Masters' of Poor Law Institutions also reported for visitation purposes