[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Ellesmere Port Borough.

  • Ellesmere Port (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Ellesmere Port Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appointment, and she would be seen straight away. During the year the clinic held in the Village Hall at Elton was destroyed by fire, however, we were fortunate to secure the premises of the staff club at the Ince Power Station, and the clinics were able to be transferred to the new venue without any serious disruption to the services provided. The existing premises are proving extremely suitable and also the situation is acceptable to the majority of mothers in the area as it is near to the caravan site, where the bulk of the child population at present exists. The Tarvin Clinic was also moved during the year. This has for many years been held in the Vicarage at Tarvin, but for some time now, owing to the increase in population and the sub- sequent increase in attendances at the clinic, these rooms have been proving inadequate for the number of mothers and children attend- ing and had created a problem for the clinic doctor as he was obliged to try and examine babies behind a screen in a very crowded and noisy room. We were fortunate in securing facilities in the Tarvin C. of E. School which has recently been released by the Education Com- mittee following the building of a County Primary School in the neighbourhood. This has given us a larger premises which will allow for future expansion. New cases and attendances at individual clinics : — New Cases Total Attendances 0—1 0—1 1—2 2—5 Ashton 46 421 135 57 Barrow 21 125 72 52 Christleton 37 322 77 105 Elton 21 146 108 14 Farndon 29 204 121 89 Great Boughton 51 350 84 71 Huntington 29 172 128 61 Kelsall 30 345 159 127 Malpas 55 392 80 105 Saughall 58 380 153 115 Tarvin 60 488 168 83 Tattenhall 20 311 79 23 Upton 191 1656 305 99 Vicars Cross ... 150 1435 234 229 Waverton 53 512 113 55 Ellesmere Port, Stanney Lane 562 2973 453 239 Ellesmere Port, Westminster 150 1530 476 352 Great Sutton ... 280 1380 155 65 Little Sutton (community centre) ... 120 927 150 31 1963 14069 3250 1972