[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council.

  • Surrey (England). County Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (11) Maternity Homes. The number of women resident in the County who have been admitted to Maternity Homes or Hospitals under the Council s Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme is shown in the following table :— 1943. Bag8hot, Duchess of Connaught Memorial ' Nursing Home 50 Frimley and Camberley District Hospital 10 Walton-on-Thames Maternity Home 40 Woking Maternity Home 435 Public Health Hospitals and Public Assist- ance Institutions ... 998 1,533 On page 19 of this report will be found particulars of the 6,937 maternity cases admitted to the Council s Hospitals from the whole of the County, including the 998 shown in the foregoing table. (12) Hospital Supervision of Complicated Cases. Curing the year there were 152 consultations with the Obstetric Consultants for complications of labour and 42 cases were admitted to Hospitals or Maternity Homes on their recommendation. (13) Home Nursing and Home Visiting. The number of visits made by Health Visitors to expectant mothers and to children under five years of age is shown below :— Year. Expectant mothers. Infants under 1 year. Children 1—5 years. Number of cases visited for first time during year. Total visits to all cases on register Number of cases visited for first time during year. Total visits to all cases on register Number of cases visited for first time during year. Total visits to all cases on register. Visits to Foster Children. 1943 2,687 4,128 10,316 36,419 1,934 54,640 6,729 (14) Dental Treatment. The following table gives a record of the work undertaken during the year at 28 Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinics, eleven of which were held jointly with the School Dental Clinics Year. Attendances. Extractions. Fillings. No. of Administra¬ tions of General Anaesthetics. No. of other operations including supply of Artificial Teeth. Mothers. Children. Perma¬ nent Teeth. Tempor¬ ary Teeth. Perma¬ nent Teeth. Tempor¬ ary Teeth. Mothers. Ichildren. 1943 5,799 791 ! 6,946 924 788 202 1,815 1,719 (15) Prevention and Treatment of Crippling. The County Council’s Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme provides for the out-patient treatment of orthopaedic defects at a number of Orthopaedic Clinics and for institutional treatment at certain Orthopaedic Hospitals. Fourteen children were maintained in one or other of these institutions during the year, as compared with twenty children during 1942. Details of the Orthopaedic Centres and the number of children under five years of age receiving out-patient treatment at each centre are given in the following table :— Centre. 1943. Bagshot, Red Cross Curative Post... 27 Croydon General Hospital ... 19 Farnham County Hospital... 7 Famham Curative Post 3 Guildford, Royal Surrey County Hospital 14 Kingston. Red Cross Curative Post 121 Merton, Nelson Hospital 11 Redhill County Hospital 5 Weybridge, Locke-King Clinic 69 Woking, Red Cross Curative Post ... 36 Totals . 312