[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Coventry County & City.

  • Coventry (England). County and City Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Coventry County & City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 Three letters were sent to private doctors or midwives con- t cerning their patients. The pelvic measurements of all primigravida and a few i multipara who gave doubtful histories were taken, and the results are classified as follows ;— External Conjugate. 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 Cases 144 1 5 16 68 24 21 7 1 1 Total number of attendances at Dr. Ballantyne’s Ante-natal Clinic ... ... ... 271 Average number per session of the Ante-Natal Clinic ... ... ... ... 22 The distribution of dried milk has continued during the year. It is satisfactory to find mothers, who, owing to improved circumstances are no longer eligible for free milk, becoming eager buyers of the food which has proved satisfactory for their children. The following table shews the distribution of dried milk, etc., in 1926. The total cost of this amounted to ;^2,i88 14s. 2d., and the receipts for that portion which was sold came ;tc593 i6s. 8d. DRIED MILK, ETC., 1926. Stock in band 1 31/12(25. Purchas’d in 1 , Total. Distributed in 1925. Stock in hand 31/12/26 i 1 Free. Sold. Total. ed Milk No. 1 >. .. 2 .. '■ 1. 3 .. »> »» 4 lbs. 1,238 124 824 159 lbs. 17,280 120 4.800 1,512 1 lbs. 18 518 244 5,624 1,671 lbs. 3,491 37 2,602 601 11)3. 11,859 184 2,026 883 1 lbs. 15,350 221 4,628 1,484 lbs. 3,168 23 999* 187 'AL DRIED MILK .. 2,345 23,712 26,057 6,731 14,952 21,683 4,377* ats lbs. bil) Tib. cartons 1144 475 87 240 5,376 576 354^ 5,851 663 601 301 4.149 657 j 301 4 750 567 51 ii- 1,100| 96 ^ * A^surnln^ Q following were noted P U8 of 3 packets, t A deficiency of 1 2-lb. bag. t \ deficiency of 1 tin. 1