[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table gives the attendance at each consultation centre during the years 1937 and 1938 :— Attendances at Infant Consultations, 1938. No. Children—1 year. Children +1 year. Total 1937—Tota Con- sulta- tions held. Attendances. Attendances. Attendances. Attendances. Prim. Sub. Prim. Sub. Prim. Sub. Prim. Sub Gorbals 352 1,650 15,872 331 14,102 1,981 29,974 1,758 24,6: Cowcaddens 258 928 7,805 172 7.035 1,100 14,840 906 13,71 Elder Park ... 200 618 6,023 122 5,020 740 11,043 730 10,5! Provan 252 742 8,991 148 6,343 890 15,334 921 13,1: Govan 208 562 6,297 72 4,691 634 10,988 684 10,0 Orr Street ... 350 1,413 15,897 206 11,456 1,619 27,353 1,560 23,8. Maryhill 150 660 7,341 100 4,311 760 11,652 703 10,1 Partick 151 400 4,169 73 2,755 473 6,924 416 6,» Richard Street 202 489 6,272 94 4,513 583 10,785 576 9,8 Shettleston 254 860 11,341 148 7,231 1,008 18,572 1,023 17,3i Weir Street ... 208 446 5,881 79 4,217 525 10,098 504 8,4 Cochrane Street 96 241 2,788 90 3,030 331 5,818 323 4,5: Springburn 156 638 6,671 64 3,725 702 10,396 730 8,9, Blawarthill 104 336 2,866 75 1,797 411 4,663 431 4,8 2,941 9,983 108,214 1,774 80,226 11,757 188,440 11,265 166,3 118,197 82,000 200,197 177,627 SUPPLY OF MILK TO NECESSITOUS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. The arrangements for supplying milk to expectant and nursing mothers and to children up to five years of age were continued on the same lines as for previous years. Grants are subject to the following conditions :— (1) Regular attendance at a child welfare centre ; (2) Certification by the medical officer at the centre that milk is required on grounds of health ; and (3) Necessity according to a scale approved by the Corporation. Except where conditions of health require a more frequent attendance, infants are not expected to be brought more often to the centres than once a fortnight and toddlers once in six weeks. Investigations as to the necessitousness of applicants are made on behalf of the Department by the Public Assistance Department. The period for which supplies are granted is six weeks at a time, during which one pint of fresh milk per day or one packet of dried milk per week is allowed.