[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Devon County Council.

  • Devon (England). County Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Devon County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternity Centres. Infants present. Children 1 - 5 years . Pop. Mar. June. Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Barnstaple 14270 269 239 188 362 47 42 26 61 Bideford 9818 288 205 217 437 20 18 20 56 Brixham 7841 280 244 201 164 55 69 27 33 Crediton 3452 • . . . 66 76 . . • • . 28 83 Dartmouth 7046 157 155 145 162 27 39 45 88 Exmouth 13470 • • • • 101 . . • • . . 24 Ilfracombe 8440 109 82 48 90 101 61 15 105 Newton Abbot 13879 131 75 97 ii9 131 9i 81 117 Ottery S. Mary Paignton 359i 18 6 42 43 16 12 3 14 13091 N> w Cu 262 168 327 54 77 35 113 Seaton 1818 Voluntary. Sidmouth 5576 Voluntary. Tavistock 4206 Voluntary. Health Visitor helps. Tiverton 9452 146 136 19 108 86 94 29 44 Totnes 3730 41 22 5 20 55 45 29 12 Totals 119,680 1654 i486 1196 2009 592 548 338 749 The above figures, showing increased attendances, prove that the centres are appreciated by the mothers. The number of expectant mothers attending the centres has also increased. A course of talks and demonstrations on hygiene, cookery and needlework have been given at Brixham, Bideford, Dartmouth, Newton Abbot and Paignton by the Domestic Science Teachers. It is hoped that in the near future other centres will be provided with such instruction. The needlework and knitting classes which are held at several of the centres are still doing good work. A great deal of time and travelling is entailed by the Chief Health Visitor for the supervision of the work of Health Visitors, Maternity Centres and School Clinics. 5. Milk (Mothers and Children’s) Order, 1919. Two hundred and eighty-seven new cases and three hundred and thirty-two renewals were applied for to the county medical officer for the supply of milk under the above Order, against three hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and thirty-four respectively in in 1919. Forty-seven applications were not granted against forty-seven for the previous year. One application was made for a certificate only, and fifty-two mothers paid half the cost of the milk granted to them. The amount of milk supplied by the County Council was 47,288 pints.