[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Child Welfare. Here the number of attendances of children under 1 year has increased, while those for children from 1—5 years have shown a material reduction. It is not enoug;h for a child to attend more or less regularly in its first year of life if there is no intention of bringing it to the clinic subsequently. The only way this form of inertia can be overcome is by repeated visiting, for which an adequate staff of health visitors is essential. The following are the figures: — Total Attendances. 1942. 1943. Children under 1 year ... ... 19,997 23,490 Children between 1 & 5 years ... 3,706 2,886 23,703 26,376 War-time Nurseries. The three war-time nurseries have functioned all the year and have been fully occupied. Work of the Health Visitors. The following figures summarise the work of the Health Visitors for the year:—- Visits to children under one year: (a) First visits ... ... ... ... 999 (b) Total visits ... ... ... ... 4,526 Visits to children between 1 and 5 years ... 7,697 Pre-natal visits ... ... ... ... ... 208 Stillbirth investigations ... ... ... ... 21 Infant death visits ... ... ... ... ... 72 Ophthalmia neonatorum visits ... ... ... 12 Miscellaneous visits ... ... ... ... 1,936 Orthopaedic Clinic. 290 attendances were made for orthopaedic treatment and 1,656 for massage. At the Ultra-violet Ray Clinics the children made 601 attendances. Ear, Nose and Throat Clnic. Children under 5 made 42 attendances, and 23 operations were performed. Dental Clinics. 44ie following table gives the treatment figures for 1943 for mothers and children.