[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summary of Work done at Infant Welfare Centres and Ante-Natal Clinics. Total No. of Children attending Centres . 2,013 Total Attendances 24,293 No. of Children who made first attendances 860 No. of visits made by these children 8,957 No. of children attending in current year who attended in previous year 1,153 No. of visits made by these children 15,338 No. of new attenders under 1 year of age 798 No. of new attenders between 1—5 years of age 62 Ante-Natal Clinic. No. of first attendances 591 No. of re-attendances 1,555 Methods of Feeding on First Attendance at the Centres. Natural (Breast) 544 Artificial (various) 174 Combined (Natural and Artificial) 80 Children over 1 year—various diets 56 Breast feeding over 1 year of age 6 Total 860 APPENDIX 26 (a). The following table is a summary of the work carried out during the year 1938, at the Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinic, held on Saturday mornings for children of pre-school age. Age under 1 year — ,, 1 year 7 „ 2 years 20 ,, 3 years 40 ,, 4 years 39 ,, 5 years 3 Total 109 Number of Temporary Extractions 185 ,, Temporary Fillings .. .. 15 ,, Dressings 83 ,, Local Anaesthetics for Extractions . 87 ,, Attendances made by children for treatment 123 The amount received from parents for Dental Treatment of children of pre-school age was £4/2/0.