[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council.

  • Herefordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has been adopted by the Council, the basis of distribution being largely destitution. Every case is carefully scrutin- ised by the Health Visitors, and all information as to wages, number in family, etc., is transmitted to the County Medical Officer of Health on special forms. Most of the applications came through the Infant Wel- fare Centres, medical practitioners, local nurses, and Health Visitors. During the period in question these cases were dealt with at a cost of £26 5s. 3d. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES. Voluntary Infant Welfare Centres are established in Leominster, Ross, Ledbury, Kington and Weobley. In the case of the last mentioned, the meetings are held alternately in Weobley, Dilwyn, and King’s Pyon, and this has resulted in good attendances, and has taken in a larger area, and has avoided the long distances for the parents. An attempt was made to start a Welfare in Bromyard, but had to be abandoned for the present. The County Council gives to each Voluntary Centre a grant of £5 yearly, and allows the County Medical Officer to give advice at the Centres so far as he has time to do so. These Welfares are run by an enthusiastic band of vountary workers who have local knowledge of the cases requiring advice. This voluntary effort is carried on in cordial co-operation with the official work of the Health Visitors and District Nurses, and the practical results are evident in the lowered County death-rate among infants. Much encouragement has been forthcoming from general practitioners in the areas concerned. The Ross Voluntary Centre is accommodated in new premises in the centre of the town, and embraces [Mater- nity Beds for necessitous cases, which are received from any part of the County. This Centre receives a special grant from the Ministry of Health. At several of the Centres useful exhibitions were held during the year.