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Chelsea 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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TABLE No. 26.
Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
| 1539 | 1940 | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Work of the Health Visitors. | ||
| First visits to Infants under one year of age | 319 | 279 |
| Return „ „ „ „ „ | 1,252 | 1110 |
| First visits to Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 245 | 184 |
| Return visits to Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 2,196 | 1770 |
| Ante-natal visits to Expectant Mothers :— | ||
| Primi-para cases | 103 | 103 |
| Multi-para „ | 164 | 142 |
| Return visits | 590 | 440 |
| Visits to Enteritis cases amongst children | 1 | - |
| Return visits „ „ „ „ | - | - |
| Visits to Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases | 5 | 3 |
| Return visits „ „ „ | 5 | 7 |
| Visits to Whooping Cough cases (under 5 years of age) | 110 | 3 |
| Return visits „ „ „ | 103 | - |
| Visits to Measles cases (under 5 years of age) | 11 | 21 |
| Return visits „ „ „ | - | 3 |
| Visits to Measles cases (over 5 years of age) | 6 | |
| Return visits „ „ „ | - | 4 |
| General additional visits | 648 | 589 |
| Total visits | 5,758 | 4,700 |
| Half-day attendances at Infant Welfare Centres Half-day attendances at Play Centre | 624 135 | 487 |
| (2) Infant Welfare Centres. | ||
| Total number of attendances :— | ||
| (a) By children under one year of age | 3,673 | 2,391 |
| 2,917 | 1,535 | |
| 898 | 703 | |
| 21 | ||
| Total attendances | 7,514 | 4,650 |
ANTE-NATAL WORK.
Close attention is devoted to the work of ante-natal consultations, as
the figures in Table No. 26 demonstrate. Sound advice, based on the
most recent scientific investigation, is provided by the Medical Officer of
the Ante-natal Clinic. Every effort is being made to ensure that mothers
will take full advantage of the excellent arrangements made by the
Chelsea Health Society so that as far as possible all risk of disease and
accident incidental to childbirth may be removed.
Compensation to Midwives.—If the Medical Officer at the Antenatal
Clinic finds it necessary to recommend hospital treatment for an
expectant mother referred to him by a midwife, and the mother accepts
such advice, the Council make a payment of 10/- to the midwife as
compensation for loss of the case.
No case occurred during the year in which such compensation was
necessary.