[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough.

  • Brighouse (England). Council. nb2008024084.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 6. Attendances at the respective Infant Welfare Clinics in 1942. Number of Sessions ... Individual children attending ... Children attending for the first time Medical Consultations ... Average number of medical con- sultations per session Attendances of children under 1 year' Attendances of children over 1 year Total attendances Average attendance per session Highest attendance at one ses- sion ... Huddersfield Road Hipperholme Southo'wram Totals 93 46 49 188 545 279 108 932 225 172 53 450 2227 1116 421 3764 23.9 24.3 8.8 19 2646 1190 615 4451 1350 913 319 2582 3996 2103 934 7033 42.9 45.7 19 35.8 85 67 35 Breast Feeding. During the year 40.5 per cent, of the mothers whose babies had reached the age of 7 months had breast fed these babies for a period of 7 months, and 11.7 per cent had breast fed for a period of from 1 to 5 months. These figures are 7.5 per cent, and 22.3 per cent, lower respectively, than in 1941. In addition, 13.3 per cent, of the mothers breast fed their children but had to give complementary feeds of artificial milk foods. The reasons stated for abandoning breast feeding are set out in Table 7. TABLE 7. Reasons for Abandoning Breast Feeding. Percentage Reason. 1943. Inability to feed (flat nipples, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... 45.1 By Doctor's Orders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.9 Lack of Perseverance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26.7 Illness of Mother, Anaemia, etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ' 10.3 Premature Infants—inability to suck ... ... ... ... ... 4 Cod Liver Oil, Iron Capsules, Calcium Tablets and Wheat Germ Oil Capsules are provided at the clinic at cost price. It gives me much pleasure to record my sincere appreciation of the work that is done by the voluntary helpers at the Infant Wel- fare Clinics—The Brighouse Ladies’ Committee at the Huddersfield Road Centre ; the Hipperholme Ladies’ Committee at the Hipper- holme Centre ; and the Southowram Ladies’ Committee at the South- I owram Centre. The Health Visitors and 1 are most grateful to them , for the assistance they give every week at the centres. I Artificial Sunlight Treatment. The work done is set out in Table 8, which follows, and I it will be seen that 119 children received 1,488 exposures, compared with 300 children with 3,567 exposuresiin 1941.