[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough.

  • Kettering (England). Borough Council. no2009140039.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of visits to cases of :— Ke'taring Residents Evacuated Persons. Ophthalmia Neonatorum — — Puerperal Pyrexia 3 — Stillbirths 20 — Total visits, 1944 ... ... 10354 25 Total visits, 1943 ... 10343 — Attendance at clinic sessions :— Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics 366 17 Ante-natal Clinics ... 250 16 Post-natal Clinics 12 — Total Attendances, 1944 ... 628 33 Treatment*—The arrangements for the treatment of children under school age were the same as in past years. Dental attention for expectant and nursing mothers was provided as formerly. Ophthalmic Clinic.—Twenty-two Kettering children made 23 attendances. Aural Clinic.—Two Kettering children attended this clinic on 3 occasions. Orthopaedic Clinic.—One hundred and sixty-eight Kettering children and 3 evacuated children under school age were on the register of this clinic at the end of the year. There were 286 attend- ances at the Orthopaedic Clinic and 95 attendances at the After-care Clinic. No children under school age were admitted to Manfield Orthopaedic Hospital during the year. Dental Clinic.—The .table below gives particulars of the cases treated :— Expectant Nursing Children Total Mothers Mothers New cases (first attendances) 77 4 17 98 Re-attendances 144 39 19 202 Total attendances ... 221 43 36 300 Extractions 134 17 14 165 Fillings 42 3 — 45 Other operations ... 121 30 29 180 Local anaesthetics 15 2 3 20 General anaesthetics 52 7 5 64 Included in these figures are 4 evacuated expectant mothers. Dentures were supplied to 3 mothers referred from the Ante- natal and Post-natal Clinics and 1 mother had her denture repaired.