[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V - rrcreaturity. 1 day 0 la Prematurity and Feebleness, 10 hours M. ■ la. be Feebleness at birth and j; rematurity. 4 days M. Ir. Congenital H-art (Pulraonary Stenosis 4 months F. ' ■ Suffocation by the bed clothes vihilst in dying by accidmit. 1 day F. . la. Ire•••■uturity and Irxiaturity (2 months 7 months M. S;:oek following severe scalds due to ieni of boiling water. Misadventure. P.M, 19 hours M. lOn Premature birth (O'O n. • ke ,vr6tt.-,tior:) 6 hours M. Tea car r i-;. tontoriuiii caused during forceps ( e of face presentation. :ii.-..:.a'.'m.turc 7 months - r la. 'ST ■ ^ ill- 1 0 2. k? • 1 month ■~\ •> ■ la. 2, Broncho Pneumonia. Marasmus, Twenty- one cases of ctxv Enteritis in children under one year occurred] in the early months of the y.. ar. Thirtocn were treated in Irinccss ^'J.icG Hospital and eight li St. M- ..’s Hospital, Very coL-pl.-te investigations were made hut tho causative organj.sm was not isolated. Ten of the eases proved fatajl There vrorc three deaths hotvrccn the ages of 1 and 5 years. The causes of death wore; yer-rs la, jHdiaustion. Septic aeniic. Suppurative inf-ction of right lower limhs. ^i^/.patr-ti h. o w * 2. 1 year li. la. Septicaemia (G'..-n-,rc.lined ), h. Acuti Otitis Media. 2, Gastro Er:tcritis, Bror'.eh.o 1;.re-'-es- ir. P.M. 1 year 1. . Acute Encephalitis. 2, Gastro Enteritis. P.M, A. CLINIGS. (1) -tnitc-lMvtal. nnte-natal clinics were held at the Biaternity Hone for domiciliary cases on Tuesday afternoons and for cases for the- Home on Wednesday and Friday afternoons (2) S'ost-Hatal, This clinic, under the direction of Mr, n.H, Crook, Obstetric Surgeon, was hold at the Maternity Home on Monday afternoons, B. DHTTAL Arrangenonts Yrcro,mad:. for tho extension of dental treatment for nursing and expectant mothers, as well as for pre-school children, by the employment of Mr. R.n.Abbey, L,D:.3„ . a local dontal surgeon, as .assistant Dental Officer, for three sessions per week from Juno. The following are details of treatment carried out by the Senior and Assistant Dental Officers;