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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Details of Distribution of Dried Milk, Cod Liver Oil, etc.
Distributed by the Maternity and Child Welfare Department apart from any scheme of the Ministry of Food.
| Trufood | 15 tins. |
| Ostermilk | 129 „ |
| Cow and Gate | 318 packets. |
| Cod Liver Oil and Malt | 67 cartons. |
| Haly-calcyne | 53 packets. |
| Glucose | 22 |
| Fersolate | 13 |
| Bemax | 17 |
Convalescent Cases.
Three children were sent away under the contract with the Invalid
Children's Aid Association.
Tonsils and Adenoids.
Seventy-eight children were admitted to hospital for the removal of
tonsils and adenoids
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Fifteen cases were notified during the year and of these 12 occurred
in the North Middlesex County Hospital, 5 of which were Edmonton cases.
Of 3 cases which occurred in the district, two were removed to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Seventy cases were notified during the year and of this number 68
occurred in the North Middlesex County Hospital of which 17 were Edmonton
cases. Two cases occurred in the district and 1 was removed to the Isolation
Hospital,
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Analysis of work.
| Actual confinements attended by mid-wives | 994 | (Of this number 926 as midwives and 68 as Maternity Nurses). |
| Attended by midwives, but women admitted to hospital before or during confinement | 141 | |
| Left district before confinement or mothers evacuated through L.C.C. scheme, etc. | 76 | (Attention and supervision given by Municipal midwives during Ante-Natal period). |
In addition to the actual 994 confinements attended, a total of 21,832 visits were paid by midwives as under:—
| Ante-Natal visits to homes | 1,475 |
| Post-Natal Visits | 16,894 |
| Additional evening visits | 154 |
| Visits after fourteenth day | 77 |
| False alarms | 585 |
| Special Visits | 1,088 |
| Second Nurse for Gas and Air Analgesia | 61 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,498 |
Medical Aid.
The number of claims made by doctors for Medical Aid during the year
1946 was 137, of this number 9 cases were granted free of charge, 11 at half
cost and the remainder paid the full fee.
Gas and Air Analgesia.
One hundred and eighty-one women had gas and air analgesia during
the year.
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