[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The clinics from which the specimens were sent during 1927, are in¬ dicated in the following table :— Nature of Test. Newcastle V.D. clinic. South Shields V.D. clinic. | Tyne- | mouth V.D. clinic. Tyne¬ mouth Infirmary in orth Shields Dispen¬ sary. Private Prac¬ titioners. Wasserman Reaction 46 7 131 25 4 31 Microscopical — — 3 — — 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fid — 2 — 2 — — Complement Fixat’n Tests — — 2 — — Totals 46 9 134 29 4 32 Eight deaths were registered during the year from syphilis or “specific disease. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Work of Midwives. Year. Midwives. Cases attended. Medical aid summoned. Stillborn. rrrrnr.W WH/Wli' i- ^ Miscarriages. | 1922 23 949 136 25 1 1923 . 23 950 156 25 5 1924 30 966 170 31 15 1925 29 991 208 30 8 1926 28 942 193 17 8 | 1927 24 941 266 24 4 1 •yi»,w.r- ■ ' - ii. .■ it* 1 ir-.ir ram* Medical aid was summoned during 1927 for the following reasons :— illness of mother, 229 ; illness of child, 37. Tiie care of expectant mothers.—-The Health Visitors made 1016 visits during the year to expectant mothers. Cases are referred to the ante-natal clinic by doctors and by midwives, and where a midwife or doctor has not been engaged, they may be advised to attend by the Health Visitors. 210 consultations for expectant mothers were held during the year. The centre for ante-natal cases was transferred on 1st April to the out-patient department of the Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary, and Dr. Amy Robinson acts as medical officer of the centre. Infant Hygiene.—The total number of births notified during the year was 1,389, including 50 still-births and 39 outward transfers. Of the total births, 305 were notified by medical men, 963 by midwives, and 86 by parents or others. 35 births during the year were found not to have been notified, but these were duly intimated after the requirements of the Notification of Births Act were brought to the notice of the persons concerned.