[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section 23—Midwifery Service. •>’ The number of midvvives serving the Division was redueed from live to four and, including births notified from hospitals and nursing homes, .a total of 715 births was notified during 1950— males -^41, females '^74. The births took place as follows:— Clatterbridge Hospital 250 Heathfield Maternity Home ... 204 Private Nursing Home 2 At home (attended by District Midwives) 165 Outside the Borough 94 715 Of the 165 mothers whose confinements took place in their homes, 4^ were attended by Horae Helps provided by the dopart- ment under Section 29. Section 24—Health Visiting. , This work is carried out by a Senior Health Visitor, six assist- ant Health Visitors and one school nurse- During the year 1050 t6,2t6 home visits were made bv the Health Visitors, including after-care visits. This figure shows a satisfactory increase of 2,000 over the visits for 1049, and a further increase may be anticipated now that Health Visitors are all usinor theT own cars. Section 25—Home Nursing. The four district nurses, one of whom had part of her work allotted to the midwiferv services of the Division, continued at the request of general -nrartitioners to serve people in the Division needing home nursing, and the following are the statistics relevant to their work for 1950 :— New Cases in 1950 Visits paid in 1950 812 23,51c Referred to hospital 70 Deaths loi '' Section 26—Vaccination and Immunisation Service. ' During the Autumn of 1950 a three-months suspenson of this service took place owing to a mild outbreak of poliomyelitis. vStatistics are as follows :— Number of Clinics ... 72 Vaccination. Under i year 1-14 years 15 or over Total 287 136 35 458 Re-vacc, — 9 109 I18 Re-vacc,
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