[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council.

  • Surrey (England). County Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternity Homes. The number of women resident in the County who have been admitted to Maternity Homes or Hospitals under the Council’s Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme is shown in the following table 1946. Bagshot, Duchess of Connaught Memorial Nursing Home 65 Frimley and Camberley District Hospital 21 Walton-on-Thames Maternity Home 65 Woking Maternity Home Public Health Hospitals and Public Assist- 456 ance Institutions ... 1,721 2,328 9 On page 19 of this report will be found particulars of the 9,263 maternity cases admitted to the Council’s Hospitals from the whole of the County, including the 1,721 shown in the foregoing table. Thus 42.8 per cent, of all the births in Surrey in 1946 took place in beds provided or subsidised by the County Council, 40.1 per cent, being in the Council’s own hospitals. Hospital Supervision of Complicated Cases. During the year there were 137 consultations with the Obstetric Consultants for complications of labour and 26 cases were admitted to Hospitals or Maternity Homes on their recommendation. Home Nursing and Home Visiting. Number of Home Visits made by Health Visitors :— Expectant mothers. Infants under 1 year. Children 1 —5 years. Year. Number of cases visited for first time during year. Total visits to ail cases on register Number of cases visited for first time diming year. Total visits to all cases on register Number of cases visited for first time during year. Total visits to all cases on register. Visits to Foster Children. 1946 3,689 5,320 11,713 36,991 1,716 49,909 6,923 Dental Treatment. In the following table a summary is given of the dental work done during the year at 28 Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinics, twelve of which were held jointly with the School Dental Clinics. Year. Attendances. Extractions. Fillings. No. of Administra¬ tions of General Anaesthetics. No. of other operations including supply of Artificial Teeth. Mothers. Children. Perma¬ nent Teeth. Tempor¬ ary Teeth. Perma¬ nent Teeth. Tempor¬ ary Teeth. MothersA Children. 1946 5,526 859 4,108 730 1,476 357 1,277 1,459 Prevention and Treatment of Crippling. The County Council’s Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme provides for the out-patient treatment of orthopaedic defects at a number of Orthopaedic Clinics and for institutional treatment at certain Orthopaedic Hospitals. Five children were maintained in one or other of these institutions during the year, as compared with seven children during 1945. The Orthopaedic Centres and the number of children under five years of age receiving out-patient treatment at each centre are given in the following table :— Centre. 1946. Camberley, Red Cross Curative Post 49 Croydon General Hospital ... 6 Farnham County Hospital... 25 Farnham Curative Post 27 Guildford, Royal Surrey County Hospital 12 Kingston. Red Cross Curative Post 103 Merton, Nelson Hospital 12 Redhill County Hospital 33 Weybridge, Locke-King Clinic 33 Woking, Red Cross Curative Post ... 78