[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 27. Infectious diseases at ages 0-1 and 1-5 years. Under 1 year 1—5 ye ars Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Scarlet Fever . 2 — 173 2 Diphtheria. 4 — 88 6 Measles . 120 1 918 3 Whooping Cough . 16 2 63 1 Pneumonia . 12 17 78 22 Ophthalmia Neonatorum . 12 — — — Erysipelas . — — 4 1 Acute Poliomyelitis . — — — — Cerebro-Spinal Fever . ~ 2 1 Home Nursing and Hospital arrangements.—By arrange¬ ment with the St. Helens and District Nursing Association, home nursing of cases of whooping cough, measles, ophthalmia neonatorum and pneumonia in children under 5 years of age, and of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia cases, can be carried out by the district nurses. Beds are available at the Isolation Hospital for cases requiring hospital treatment. During the year the services of the district nurses were asked for in 61 cases of measles, 12 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, 6 cases of pemphigus and 11 maternity cases ; 6 cases of measles, 1 case of whooping cough and 17 cases of puerperal fever or puerperal pyrexia were admitted to the Isolation Hospital. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES.— There were 36 midwives on the register as practising in the borough during the year and the qualifications of these midwives were as follows :— Holding the Certificate of the Central Midwives’ Board . 35 Having other recognised certificates . 1 In addition to the above, 9 midwives are employed at the Council’s Maternity and Child Welfare Hospital and 5 midwives are employed in the Maternity Block of the St. Helens Hospital. The matrons of both these institutions are also qualified midwives.