[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough.

  • Bradford (West Yorkshire, England). Metropolitan District Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the 342 mothers working- within six months before confinement 70 were employed within three months before birth, and of the 291 mothers working within six months after confinement 247 returned to work within three months after the birth. Child Centres. The Local Authority conducts 11 Child Clinics in the city, at each of which a medical officer attends. The principal child clinic is situated in Morley Street, and it is open every week-day morning and afternoon except Thursdays and Saturdays, when it is open in the morning only. The following table shows the location of each clinic, the days on which it is in operation, and the total attendances last year. Child Clinics in Bradford. Clinic Days of Attendance Times of Attendance Attendances during year Central, Morley Street... Daily Morning and Afternoon 28,674 Mount Street ... Tuesday ... Morning and Afternoon 2,635 Green Lane Monday and Thursday Afternoon only ... 5,536 Otley Road Wednesday Morning and Afternoon 6,907 Bro-wnroyd Thursday Morning and Afternoon 6,352 Great Horton ... Monday ... Morning only 2,278 Wakefield Road Wednesday Afternoon only ... 2,427 Low Moor Tuesday ... Afternoon only ... 3,140 Lapage Street ... Thursday Afternoon only ... 3,536 Idle Friday ... .Afternoon only ... 2,732 Clayton ... Alternate Wednesdays Afternoon only ... 590 Nursing Mothers' Ward Daily except Thursday and Saturday Morning and Afternoon 980 These Centres are all doing excellent work and are keenly appre- ciated by those who take advantage of their services. They are pri- marily special educational institutions for instruction to mothers on how to keep babies and young children healthy. Mothers seeking such knowledge are welcomed, especially if the baby is well; it is too late often to seek this information when the baby is ill. All mothers require this knowledge, and the work of the Centres is directed to benefiting the child through the mother, whose co-operation is most desired.