[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough.

  • Crosby (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Care of Unmarried Mothers and their Children. The health visitors keep a careful watch on the children of unmarried mothers and work in close co-operation with the officers of the Children’s Department and with moral welfare workers. Grants are made to Voluntary Assoc- iations whose workers are active in the area and financial assistance was given to four unmarried mothers who applied for admission to mother and baby homes, one less than the previous year. Family Planning Clinics. Women who, for medical reasons and in the interests of their health, require advice on birth control may be re- ferred to a Family Planning Clinic. The Family Planning Association hold weekly sessions at Prince Street Clinic, Waterloo. Maternity Outfits. Maternity outfits are provided free for patients attended by the domiciliary midwives. Day Nurseries. There are no day nurseries in the Borough. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 1946—SECTION 23 Midwifery. The domiciliary midwifery scheme provides for the em- ployment of whole-time midwives who attend the confinements of patients in their own homes. They made 3,650 visits, showing a decrease on the number for 1970 which was 4,045 visits. The total number of home confinements attended by the midwives decreased from 53 in 1970 to 38 in 1971. Roll of Midwives at 31st December 1971 No. qualified to administer Total No. inhalational analgesics Local Health Authority Midwives 3 3 Midwives in Nursing homes 5 5 Confinements attended Confinements Local Health Authority Midwives 38 Midwives in Nursing homes 218 Of the 25 confinements attended by the local authority mid wives where analgesics were administered, 14 were given Trilene and 11 were given Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen. The number of women discharged early from’the maternity hospitals to the care of the domiciliary midwives was 721 (against 715 in 1970), 2,533 visits being paid to such cases compared with 2,524 the previous year.