[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Total number of children under five years of age who attended at the Centre during the year and who, at the end of the year, were:— 1. Under one year of age ... ... ... 324 2. Over one year of age ... ... ... 375 Antenatal and Postnatal Services. Total number of women who attended at the antenatal and postnatal clinics during the year: 95. Supplementary Grant of Clothing Coupons to Expectant Mothers.—The Board of Trade increased the supplementary grant of clothing coupons to expectant mothers to 60 per child on and from 1st June, 1942. The Board also issued a standardised form of certificate of pregnancy for distribution to medical practitioners, medical officers in charge of antenatal clinics and registered mid- wives- During the year, 521 applicants were dealt with. Supply) of Milk and Food. Proprietary brands of dried milk are sold at cost price at the clinic. Virol and Cod Liver Oil and Malt Extract are also sold at cost price and given free in necessitous cases. Maternity Hospital Accommodation and Treatment. Maternity cases were admitted into the Llanelly Maternity Home and the Maternity Blocks of the Gorseinon, Carmarthen and Amman Valley Hospitals. The admissions were :— Llanelly Maternity Home, 8; for treatment, including one case examined at Gorseinon Hospital. Gorseinon Hospital, 19; for examination and report, 12: for treatment, 7. Carmarthen Hospital, 41; for treatment, including three cases examined at Gorseinon Hospital. Amman Valley Hospital, 4; for treatment. The net number of patients dealt with was 68. The following is a statement of the conditions for which patients were admitted into these Hospitals: — Malpresentation, disproportion and difficult labour ••• 22 Toxaemia of pregnancy ••• ••• br Ketalned placenta, etc.