[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

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

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    Dried and Fresh Milk Supplied through Maternity Centres during the last six vears :— O %/ Year Dried Milk sold to Mothers, lbs. Dried Milk given free to mothers, lbs. Fresh Milk given free to mothers, pints Net Cost of Fresh & Dried Milk Supplied. 1921 7,264 2,200 5,432 £316 1922 4,286 1,844 27,110 £399 1923 4,332 896 23,129 £282 1924 4,831 959 15,195 £170 1925 3,486 736 20,615 £248 1926 4,719 1,537 40,009 £529 There are no Day Nurseries in Darlington. A description of the work done at the Nursery School and the School Clinic* will he found in the report of the School Medical Officer. WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS. During the year the Health Visitors paid the following visits :— First visits to Infants under one year .... 1,165 Re-visits to Infants under one year .... .... 1,462 Children one to five years .... 1,570 Cases of Measles, one to five years .... 13 ,, ,, over five years 8 ,, Whooping Cough 30 ,, Diarrhoea 53 ,, Ophthalmia Neonatorum 13 ,, Infant Death 74 ,, Still-birth 41 ,, Puerperal Pyrexia 1 Expectant Mothers, first, \isits 193 ,, ,, re-visits .... 84 Cases of Mental Deficiency 92 Miscellaneous Visits 322