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Medical Aid.
Number of cases in which medical aid was summoned during the year under
Section 14 (i) of the Midwives Act, 1918, by a midwife:—
(i) For domiciliary cases 141
(ii) For cases in Institutions 25 Total 166
Health Visiting.
(a) Number of Health Visitors employed at the end of the year:—
(i) by the Council 6 full time and 1 part-time
(ii) by Voluntary Associations Nil.
(b) Equivalent of whole-time services devoted by the whole staff to Health
Visiting in the area (including attendance at Infant Welfare Centres.)
(i) In the case of Health Visitors employed
by the Council 6 full time and 1 part-time
(ii) In the case of Health Visitors employed
by Voluntary Associations Nil.
(c) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors working in
the area:—
(i) To expectant mothers
First Visits 1,293
Total Visits 1,379
(ii) To children under one year of age
First Visits 1,791
Total Visits 6,254
(iii) To children between the ages of 1 and
5 years
Total Visits 6,165
Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council (Open
at 31.12.44) 2
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary Associations.
(Open at 31.12.44) Nil.
(c) Total number of children under 5 years of age who first attended
at the Centres during the year and who, on the date of their first
attendance were:—
(i) Under one year of age 1,116
(ii) Between the ages of one and five years 210
(d) Total number of children under five years of age who attended at the
Centres during the year and who, at the end of the year, were:—
(i) under one year of age 905
(ii) over one year of age 1,537
There were 13,108 attendances at the Clinics and 4,248 consultations.
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Services.
AnteNatal
PostNatal
(a) Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics (whether held at
Infant Welfare Centres or at other premises)
(i) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by
the Council. Open at 31.12.44
2
—
(ii) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by
Voluntary Organisations, open at 31.12.44
2
—
(iii) Total number of women who attended at the
Council Clinics during the year
1,701
48
(b) Total number of expectant mothers ante-natally
examined and of cases post-natally examined during
the year, under arrangements made by the Council with
private medical practitioners, excluding cases included
above
—
—
There were 5,890 ante-natal and 48 post-natal consultations at the Clinics.