[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Buxton Borough.

  • Buxton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Buxton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (1) by the Corporation: 2. (2) by Voluntary Associations : 0. (b) Equivalent of whole-time services devoted by the whole staff to health visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres) : 33^% (c) Number of visits paid during the year by Health Visitors :— (1) To expectant mothers... First visits: 66 Total visits: 182 (2) To children under 1 year of age First visits: 290 Total visits : 1,373 (3) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years... Total visits: 1,253 (d) Infant Welfare Centres :— (1) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Corporation : One. (2) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations : Nil. (3) Total number of children who first attended at the Centres during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were :— (a) under 1 year of age : 224. (b) between the ages of 1 and 5 years : 99. (4) Total number of children under 5 years of age who attended at the Centres during the year and who, at the end of the year, were :— (a) under 1 year of age : 177. (b) over 1 year of age : 433. Percentage of notified live births represented by the number m (3) (a): 74^ 'o