[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Relaxation Classes, Post-Natal Exercises and Mothercraft Talks. Wednesdays, 2.30 p.m.. Central Clinic, Stour Street. Priority Dental Care for expectant and nursing mothers and pre-school children, is started in a dental inspection surgery in the Central Clinic, Stour Street. Breast Feeding Cases. Health visitors helped 18 cases by test feeds and advice at special interviews. Out of the 197 home delivered babies 116 were completely breast fed at completion of the midwife’s care. Matrnity Outfits. The contents are as follows. These are supplied free to cases booked for home delivery : 1 sheet waterproof (tarred) paper. 1 Accouchment sheet 25in. x 28in. 6 pkts. cord powder. 6 umb. pads. 3 cord ligatures. 4 X 2 oz. packets cotton wool. 1 doz. size 3a Sanitary Pads. 1 doz. size 2a Sanitary Pads. Child Welfare Centres. 1. Monday, 2 p.m.—London Road, May Hooker Memorial Clinic. Doctor and Health Visitors. (Doctor every other week). W.V.S. Voluntary workers assist. 2. Tuesday, 2 p.m.—Hollow Lane (Wincheap Primary School). Doctor and Health Visitor. (Doctor every other week). - Voluntary workers assist with records. 3. Thursday, 2 p.m.—Central Clinic, Stour Street. Doctor and Health Visitors. Voluntary workers assist with records. 4. Friday, 2 p.m.—Welfare Hut, Military Road. Doctor and Health Visitor. (Doctor every other week). Volun- tary workers assist with records. 5. Friday, 2 p.m.—Central Clinic, Stour Street. Health Visitors only. Voluntary workers assist with weigh- ing. At all sessions attended by a doctor protective inoculation or vaccination is offered against smallpox, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and poliomyelitis- Out of the 2,396 attendances made by children over the age of 1 year, 1,083 were made by children between the ages of 2and 5 years.