[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough.

  • Accrington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    herself to visiting, giving advice, and helping with the nursing of all the babies who have been reported by their mother, or by one of the other nurses, as shjowing a departure from health. The routine visiting of every baby born is carried out by the nurse in whose district it has occurred, and it is visited at least once a month until it is one year old. The nurse visiting impresses our desire to be notified of any departure fiom health so as to be able to advise as to the early calling in of their doctor, and to enable the senior nurse to visit the baby and help in its nursing and restor- ation to health ; so far, this plan has worked out quite well. Notification of Births Act, 1917.—Notification has not been carried out better this year than previously, there is yet much laxness in this particular, as is shown by the accompanying table. Infants Infants bom registered Jan. ist to Births during 1919. Dec. 31st. 1919. notified. Births not notified. January ... 46 46 37 9 February ... 52 45 34 11 March ... 37 39 37 2 April ... 30 42 37 5 May ... 52 56 40 16 June ... 49 45 39 6 July ... 58 56 49 7 August ... 52 50 33 17 September ... 57 64 49 15 October ... 77 67 44 23* November ... 56 48 37 11 December ... 69 75 38 37 Outward transfers 5 640 633 474 159 This table shows :— (1) Number of births registered. (2) Infants born. (3) Births notified during the first 36 hours. (4) Births not notified but found out later. On Thursday afternoons from three until about five o’clock, the centre is open for mothers and infants, for the purpose of weighing and giving advice.