[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Services provided under Part III of The National Health Service Act, 1946 HEALTH CENTRES No Health Centres have been constructed or are in course of construction in Wallasey. CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN ANTE-NATAL CLINICS The Clinics, at which a woman doctor is in attendance, are held on the following days:— WATER STREET and MERTON ROAD—Alternate Mondays, 1.45 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. OAKENHOLT ROAD, MORETON—Third Friday in each month, 1.45 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. These clinics have altered a great deal since the National Health Service started in 1948, and there are now two types held in this borough:— (a) The midwife’s clinic. (b) The Assistant Medical Officer of Health’s clinic. The midwives’ clinics, at which there is now no doctor in attendance are proving to be very successful, but I am afraid that the pre-National Health Service-type ante-natal clinic, at which the expectant mothers were all examined by the Assistant Medical Officer of Health, is dying out. Expectant mothers who are having a domiciliary confinement book their midwives at the clinic, and attend fairly regularly for examination; they also attend at their own doctor’s surgery, if he has been booked for the confinement. The Midwives work in close collaboration with the general practitioners and report all abnormalities to him at once. Blood tests are usually carried out at the midwives’ request, by the Assistant Medical Officer of Health at her clinic, and if the mother does not wish to book her own doctor she may also be examined there. Relaxation classes are now held at all the clinics, in conjunction with the midwives and physiotherapist. These classes give the midwives an excellent opportunity for discussion on mothercraft and for little talks which we hope give confidence and assurance to the younger mothers.