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Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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TABLE No. 26.
Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1944 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Work of the Health Visitors. FirstvisitstoInfantsunderoneyearofage | 343 | 442 | 668 | ||||||
| Return „ „ „ „ | 1484 | 1859 | |||||||
| FirstvisitstoChildrenbetweentheagesof 1 and 5 years | 145 | 286 | 482 | ||||||
| ReturnvisitstoChildrenbetweentheagesof 1 and 5 years | 2655 | 2845 | |||||||
| Ante-natalvisitstoExpectantMothers:— Primi-paracases | 103 | 48 | |||||||
| Multi-para | 164 | 113 | 91 | ||||||
| Returnvisits | 590 | 440 | 246 | 851 | |||||
| V isitstoEnteritiscasesamongstchildren | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Returnvisits „ „ „ „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| VisitstoOphthalmiaNeonatorumcases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Returnvisits „ „ „ | 7 | . - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| VisitstoWhoopingCoughcases | 25 | 10 | 26 | ||||||
| Returnvisits „ „ „ | - | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| VisitstoMeaslescases (under 5 yearsofage) | 21 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 11 | ||||
| Returnvisits „ „ „ | - | 14 | 203 | 55 | 158 | ||||
| VisitstoMeaslescases (over 5 yearsofage) | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Returnvisits „ „ „ | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | ||
| Generaladditionalvisits | 454 | 1442 | 2144 | ||||||
| Totalvisits | 2945 | 4582 | 8245 | 9414 | |||||
| Half-dayattendancesatInfantWelfareCentres | 484 | 725 | 600 | 640 | 749 | 950 | |||
| Half-dayattendancesatPlayCentre | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | 63 | - | |||||
| (2) Infant Welfare Centres. | |||||||||
| Totalnumberofattendances:— | |||||||||
| (a) Bychildrenunderoneyearofage | |||||||||
| (b) Bychildrenbetweentheagesof 1 and 6 years | 2914 | 1535 | |||||||
| (c) ByAnte-Natalmothers | 3311 | 2862 | |||||||
| 51 | |||||||||
| *MISS BROWN VISITS INCLUDED (PART-TIME HEALTH VISITOR) Totalattendances | 5993 |
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.