[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.

  • Nottinghamshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The percentage ot cases attending these Clinics compared with the total number of births in the area is 27.73% for ante-natal cases and 5.40% for post-natal cases. The following table shows the trend during the past ten years :— Percentage of Cases Attending the Clinics Compared with the Total Number of Births Ante-Natal Post-Natal Year Cases Cases 1958 31-69% 5-92% 1957 33-86% 7-29% 1956 30.3% 7-8% 1955 36.4% 9-5% 1954 35-6% 9-2% 1953 41-3% 9-4% 1952 44-7% 10.9% 1951 46-7% 9-1% 1950 49-2% 12.8% 1949 51-4% 12.8% The number of sessions held per month at the forty-eight clinics included under (a) and (b) amounted to one hundred and sixty-seven. The attendances made and medical consultations undertaken during the year were as follows :— Ante-Natal Post-Natal Attendances—Primary 2,207 514 Individual . 2,823 550 Total . 14.046 737 Medical Consultations . 14.046 737 Consultant Services One hundred and seventy-three expectant mothers were referred by Medical Officers to the Consultant Obstetricians at Hospital Out-Patient Departments during the year. In addition, seventeen cases were referred for X-ray examination for the diagnosis of abnormalities of pregnancy. Routine Chest X-ray Examination of Expectant Mothers The arrangements for expectant mothers to be referred for Chest X-ray examination as a routine practice to Dr. A. E. Beynon, Medical Director of Nottingham No. i Mass Radiography Unit, were continued, and in April similar arrangements were made with Dr. E. J. S. Townsend, Consultant Pathologist for King’s Mill Hospital. Six hundred and five expectant mothers availed themselves of these facilities. Ten cases