[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (d) Mother and Bn.by Homes.- ilrrcviTgemcnts rxc mdc to admit uriac^rried nothors to the Aberdeen Mother and Bo.by Home and occa.sionally to SoJ.vation Amy Homos. During the year five unmarried mothers wore admitted, (o) Da.y Nurseries.- None. (f) Hesidential Nurseries and Children's Homes provided as part of the Autliority* s arreungements under Section 22 of the National Hoalth ^ervico (S^tland) Act, 194-7.- None, (g) Nurseries and Child Minders Regulation Act, 19A8,~ None. MinriNEHr. - (i) The total nmber of births occurring in the area during the year v/as. - Live births.5f0 Still births 7 3^7 (ii) Total nianber of births occurring in institutions 265 (iii) Total number of births occurring at home 81 Born in am.bula.nce, 1 (iv) Number of births occurring at home classified to shovi nature of attendance a.t birth,- Mid\7ivcs employed by Authority (including Private those engaged on a practising feo«“per-case basis. Midr/ives. Cases doadt •vvith under Section 22(2) of the Nationa.l Health Service (Scotland) Act, 19A7.- Doctor engaged and present at confinement 43 .. Doctor engaged and not present at confinement 34 Midvnf e alone (no doctor engaged)., 4 mm Born in ambulance..., ... 1 - Other Domiciliary Cases.~ Doctor and midvdf c engaged Midwife alone (no doctor engaged)., \7ithout doctor or raidiTlfc 82 During/’