[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough.

  • Calne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As far as I am aware this is the only centre in the country with such- facilitieso At_ the 6-uiclos* Hall there is an evacuated school from Shepherds Bush for children below 1 years of age under the cha.rge of an L*C,C. teachers, Maternity ^ued Child Welfare (T) liidwiife'ry and Maternity Services. There is one midwife in the area, v/ho is working under the County Council Scheme through the Caine Nursing Association, and a grant is received from the County Council in respect of this service^ (ii) Institutional Provisions for Mothers and Children, None exists within the area, (iii) Health Visitors and School Nurses. Duties carried out by County Council Health Visitor, ■(iv) The Child Welfare Clinic was introduced during this year. It is held at the Baptist Church HdLl on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 2.00.p,m, (v) Child Life Protection, During the year the N«S,P,C,C« took eueoeseful action in one ba.d case of parental neglect. Registered Maternlty and other NursingHomes within the Borough None exist. Nursery Schools A War-time Day Nursery was opened during this year and has been running with considerable success. The children are all medically inspected every quarter. There is also a Vfer-timo Residential Nursery under the auspices of the Church of England Waifs and strays Society at a large country house in the district which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Heal the, The Nursery is visited week:|.y by a local medical practitioner and the children are also medically inspected every quarter by the Medical Officer of Health, Ambul oxi oy__EciCi li ti e s (iT~ThfeoeTbus’*''Uases, A motor ambulance is stationed at the Caine, Chippenham and ilalmesbury Isolation Hospital at Chippenham,of which the Borough of Colne is a constituent authority, (ii) For non-infectious and accident cases, a motor ambulance is provided by the local Nursing Association. Nursing in the Home G-eneral Nursing, This is provided by the Caine Nursing Associate, o and is in every way satisfa.ctory, British Restaurant This extremely well run restaurant caters for factory workers, evacuees and several of the schools, in addition to the general public^j and meets a very definite need most successfully, Immun i s a. t i (j n a. gai n s t Diphtheria Th_ia service is provided by the County Council, visits being made at frequent intervals by Dr, Blackley, SANITARJ GIR0UM3TANCSIS OF. THB AREA, Publi c 0071V.. n i en c o q Tlneae were opened at the end of the year on two sites in the centre of the tovrn and met an undoubted want.