[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough.

  • Bolton (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As a result of their visits the Health Visitors reported 30 nuisances to the Medical Officer of Health, and referred 10 cases to the N.S.P.C.C. They found that 2644 °f ^ie houses visited were clean and 210 dirty. They distributed at the houses visited 2806 leaflets. They reported that of the mothers visited 112 returned to work within three months of their confinement. Assistance given to Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age. Applications for milk, etc., for mothers and young children entail much work and anxiety. Strict enquiry is made in each case in order to avoid abuse. No assistance is given to cases in receipt of Poor Law Relief. 44,597 quarts of new milk were given to 766 persons. 1,774 lbs. of dried milk were given for the use of 130 infants. 725 lbs. of Malt and Oil, and 129 lbs. of Virol were given to 252 children. No applications for home helps were received. In any cases that arose admission to the Haslam Maternity Home was the most satisfactory solution of the problem. School for Mothers and Infant Clinics. The infant welfare work conducted by the Bolton School for Mothers and the Bolton Public Health Authority acting in cordial co-operation, has been carried on successfully during 1927. It would be difficult to over-estimate the amount of instruction which spreads from the welfare centres conducted by the organisation, to the homes of Bolton. It has become a recognised thing in Bolton that mothers of the working class who desire to do their duty by their children, shall attend the infant welfare centres. There is no doubt whatever that these centres have won the fullest confidence of the mothers of Bolton. The voluntary workers at these centres have proved themselves real workers and thoroughly deserve the gratitude of the mothers and the thanks of the Public Health Department. Particulars of the Infant Welfare Centres and their work during 1927 are as follows ;