[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Forms of the dental treatment provided: Expectant and Nursing Mothers Children under five Extractions 16 83 General Anassthetics — 29 Fillings 9 8 Scalings and gum treatment 4 — Silver Nitrate treatment — Radiographs Dentures Provided: — — Full Upper or Lower 13 — Partial Upper or Lower 5 — Crowns or Inlays — ' Premature Infants The arrangements for the supply on loan of suitable cots, equip- ment and clothing for the home nursing of premature infants continued as before but once again very few requests have been made for these articles. If an infant at birth weighs 5| lbs. or less, it is presumed to be premature, and on this basis 235 premature live births and 34 premature stillbirths have occurred during the year. Of these, 202 live births and 30 stillbirths occurred among infants born in hospitals and 33 live births and 4 still births in the mothers’ own homes or in private nursing homes. Eleven of the infants born in their mothers’ own homes or in a nursing home were transferred to hospitals. Of the 235 premature infants born alive, 15 died before they were 24 hours old, 12 died in one and under seven days, and a further 2 died before they were four weeks old. Twenty-four who died were under 4 lbs. 6 oz. in weight at birth. Of all births 6-8% were regarded as being premature as com- pared with 6-4% in 1962. Of the domiciliary births 3*9% were premature, the same percentage as in the previous year, but the percentage of prematures among hospital births rose from 7-2% to 7-7%. A portable incubator is kept ready for instant use at the Beverley ambulance station should premature infants require to be moved from their homes to hospital, or from one hospital to another. A portable incubator is also maintained at the Fulford Maternity Hospital and use can be made if required of the specially equipped ambulance maintained by the Kingston upon Hull authority. Care of the Unmarried Mother and her Child All requests for help for unmarried mothers are referred to the the social worker appointed by the York Diocesan Association for Moral Welfare. The Association undertakes this work for the County Council and, in all, during the year they have helped 104 girls and women of whom 97 were new applicants.