[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Sutton Coldfield Borough.

  • Sutton Coldfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Sutton Coldfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternal Mortality. One death was registered in a woman aged 40 years as due to the toxaemia of pregnancy. She was admitted to and died in the Maternity Hospital Birmingham-. No deaths were registered as due to sepsis. The total maternal mortality rate is 1.79 per 1,000 total births as compared with 3.08 for England and Wales. Nursing Homes Registration Act. One application was made during the year for the regis¬ tration of a Nursing Home, but was withdrawn, and the Homes on the register remain the same as in the previous year. There are six registered as full Nursing Homes and one as a Maternity Home. The Senior Health Visitor makes routine periodical inspec¬ tions of the Homes and supplementary visits are paid from time to time by the Medical Officer of Heath. The Homes now registered have been invariably found to be satisfactory. Fifteen inspections were made during the year. The discovery of unregistered Homes is dependent on in¬ formation from outside sources, but it is unlikely that any such should exist without becoming known. Domiciliary Visits by Health Visitors. There has been some 30 per cent, increase in the number of visits paid during the year as compared with 1937. The in¬ crease is in respect of visits to infants and young children. First visits to Infants ... ... 503 Re-visits to Infants . 3,015 Visits to Children 1-5 ... ... 4,267 Ante-natal Visits ... ... ... 533 Visits to Boarded-out Children ... 40 Visits for enquiries into Stillbirths 10 Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 7 Visits for enquiries into Peurperal Fever 8 Visits to Old Persons ... ... 24 Visits unclassified ... ... 702 Unsuccessful visits ... ... 889 9.99s r9