[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

  • West Lothian (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Details of Attendances at these Clinics are as follows:— a 3 na a 1 H o <D ■cS *-> — ■e <£ btw e H P it P a © fcfl y 'u it o a a> c 'o © CO p o tz S p cj & & ■C c c u 5 w T. a u £ © C e w V. O » 2 n p M 2 r- ”5 u u £ 3 < « — s s ffl 3 *T- X 'A 9 a IP (a) No. of Children Attending— Under 1 year 109 66 36 94 46 141 69 42 96 40 50 41 102 21 131 63 Over 1 year — — — 9 — 12 9 2 — — 5 31 17 1 27 5 (b) Total No. of At- tendances of Children— Underlyear 1112 1215 00 to 638 566 1458 658 265 1088 346 844 546 308 151 322 382 Over 1 year 126 98 49 45 86 63 194 11 73 14 310 166 115 25 54 53 (3) DENTAL CARE Nil. (4) MOTHER AND BABY HOMES There are no Mother and Baby Homes in the County. VITAMINS GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHEAP OR FREE MILK AND VITAMIN PREPARATIONS At the end of the year there were 1,006 expectant mothers and 6,230 children in receipt of cheap milk, and 1 expectant mother and 37 children in receipt of free milk. The percentage of eligible participants making use of the vitamin scheme was 21.9% for orange juice, 28.2% for cod liver oils and 27.5% for A. and D. tablets. 4 Maternity Outfits were supplied during the course of the year. (5) DAY NURSERIES (INCLUDING 24-HOUR NURSERIES) AS AT END OF YEAR There are no day or residential nurseries in the County. II.—MIDWIFERY (i; Total number of births occurring in the area during year—that is, before correction for mother’s residence :— Live Births—1,533 Still Births—37 Total—1,570 (ii) Total number of births in (i) occurring in institutions (including private maternity homes)—700 (iii) Total number of births in (i) occurring at home—870 (iv) Number of births in (iii) classified to show nature of attendance at birth :—