[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Castle Donington R.D.C.

  • Castle Donington (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Castle Donington R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Institutional, provision for the care of mental defectives v^as the same as in previous years. The newly inaugurated County Council scheme for ante natal examinations hy medical practitioners continued to worh satisfactorily. No developments took place in the arrangements for health visiting. Orthopaedic treatment v;as obtained at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, the Nottingham. General Hospital and the Loughborough Cripples Guild, There were no applications under the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927» An infant welfare centre was opened at Kegworth, Eothers and children attended from Kegworth, Lockington, Diseworth and Long Whatton, Seventeen meetings were held during the year. At nine sessions a Medical Officer from the County Health Department was present. The centre was organised under the secretaryship of Mrs C,W, Gardiner of Kegworth, Records of Attendances for the Year, Mothers, Number om Register. 63 Number of attendances. 343 Average attendance per meeting, 20,2 Babies Under One Year of Age, Number on Register. 45 Number of attendances. 266 Average attendance per meeting, 15,6 Number attending at the Centre who at the end of the year were under one year, 26 Toddlers, (1 5 years) Number on Register, 43 Number of attendances. 184 Average attendance per meeting, 10,8 Number attending at the Centre who^ at the end of the year were between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 41 Section G, Sanitary Circumstances of the Area, Water* The Minister of Health after a formal Inquiry held at Castle Bonington agreed to a Regional Water Scheme v/hich would, on completion, supply the whole rural, area v/ith the exception of Charley, with a piped water supply. Work on the new part of the scheme was commenced iiiL June and at the end of the year the additional reservoir was nearly completed. Supply mains had been laid in Lockington-Hemington, The work was well advanced in Isley-Gum-Langley, Breedon-on-the- Hill and Diseworth and it was expected that early in 1939 the connexion with the Derwent Water v/ould be made and a mixed supply of soft water provided for Castle Bonington, and Lockington-Hemington, Numerous samples of well water were taken from Belton and Long Whatton,, and on analysis, found to be unsafe for drinking purposes.-* The knov/ledge of this stimulated the connecting of premises to the piped supply. 4*