[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.
- Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![shows that during the four quarters of the year the rates were 62, 71, 72 and 77 respectively. The following table gives the rates for the past ten years:— 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 98-5 66*0 65-0 70*9 94 1 69-6 88-7 57-2 87-1 45-3 4. Provision of Milk. Under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, milk was supplied free or lielow cost to 310 mothers and children during the year, the average number receiving milk in this way on any one day being 88. The expenditure during the year amounted to £590, as compared with £671 during 1920 and £291 during 1919. A (Government grant of 50 per cent, is received in relief of this expenditure. 5. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year D cases of this condition w^ere notified. Of these 2 w^ere admitted into the General Hospital and 1 into a Nursing Home. Every case wms kept under observation and the fact verified that no infant suf- fered any permanent injury to the eyes as the result (f this inflammation. The notifications to the Medical Officer of Health of Ophthalmia or threatened Ophthalmia have been made wdthout delay, and prompt measures have been taken in each case. Infant Care Table I. Births (including 47 transferred to Bourne- mouth from other districts) .... .... 1251 Births notified (93'6 per cent, of births in Bournemouth) .... .... .... 1127 There were also notified 51 still-births of which 37 w^ere notified by doctors, 13 by midwives and 1 ])y the father.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28942917_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
