[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Visits made during 1957 and 1956. (1956 figures in brackets). First Visits. T otal Visits. Expectant mothers Children under 1 year Children 1-5 years Tuberculous households ... Geriatric Home Help School Nursing : Personal hygiene follow-up Other follow-up Other Total TABLE 20. SCHEME FOR THE CARE 1,720 (1,400) 3,385 (2,877) 9,551 (8,835) 68,821 (65,464) — — 90,073 (89,847) — — 7,002 (8,076) 977 (854) 5,149 (4,583 123 (212) 444 (1,003 — — 1,477 (1,784; — — 5,303 (5,894) — — 6,633 (4,772) . ... 188,287 (184,300) OF THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILD AND ITS MOTHER. New Cases Notified in Year ended 31st December, 1957. (The 1956 figures are given in brackets). Source of notification. Number of cases notified. Requiring ante-natal or post-natal accommoda¬ tion, help and advice. Requiring help and/or advice only. Not requiring help or advice. T otal. Moral Welfare Societies 26 (13) 3 (20) 3 (1) 32 (34) Medical Officers, Nurses and Midwives 14 (7) 12 (16) 51 (53) 77 (76) General Practitioners ... 13 (17) 11 (13) 1 (4) 25 (34) Probation Officers — (7) 3 (5) — (-) 3 (12) Hospital Almoners and Matrons 15 (11) 25 (21) 3 (1) 43 (33) Self-referred 17 (12) 11 (10) — (1) 28 (23) Miscellaneous Sources ... 17 (10) 14 (8) — (2) 31 (20) Totals . 102 (77) 79 (93) 58 (62) 239 (232) Age distribution : 17 and under 20 (14) 8 (10) 5 (2) 33 (26) 18, 19, 20 . . . . 26 (15) 22 (19) 14 (12) 62 (46) 21 to 25 . ... 33 (30) 17 (30) 6 (17) 56 (77) 26 to 30 . 8 (8) 12 (11) 3 (11) 23 (30) 31 to 40 . ... 11 (10) 12 (16) 8 (8) 31 (34) 41 to 50 2 (-) 3 (4) 1 (1) 6 (5) Unknown 2 (-) 5 (3) 21 (11) 28 (14) The marital state of these women was as follows :— Single ... . . . 194 (1S6) Married 10 (7) Widowed 4 (3) Divorced 5 (7) Separated . . . 19 (27) Not known 7 (2) Ot the 194 (186) single women 22 (39) had previously borne children [82 (60) babies.]