[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Bath City & County Borough.

  • Bath (England). City and County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Bath City & County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This table shows that there were 5,896 attendances at 188 sessions, an average of 31.3 per session. (In 1925, the figures were 5,710, 189 and 30.2). There is no Day Nursery in Bath. SUPPLY OF MILK TO NECESSITOUS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. Practically all milk is supplied through the Infant Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinics. Careful investigations into the finan- cial circumstances of applicants are made, both at the Clinics and again at the Health Office. Almost the whole of the milk distributed was Grade A (Tuberculin Tested). The following figures are of interest Average 1926. 1921-25. Average daily number of individuals receiving milk 100 90 Free 99 86 Half-price • 1 4 'Average daily number of “free pints” ... Approximate cost for year ending 31st 108 92 March following £626 £505 *i.e., counting 1^ pints at half-price as | pint, and so on. Half the cost is repaid by Government grant. Orthopaedics. The following figures refer to non-tuberculous infants below school age dealt with under the .Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme during 1926: — Patients receiving residential treatment at Comlie Park 5 Attendances at After-Care Clinic 96 Attendances at Massage Clinic 296 A more complete account of our orthopaedic work may be found in my Report to the Education Authority for 1926, pages 14-16. Registration of Maternity Homes. Prior to 1926 no Homes had been registered under Part IX. of the Bath Corporation Act, 1925. During 1926, nine applications were received. Seven were accepted and two refused. In addition, there was one transfer of ownership during the year.