[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OPHTHALMIC TREATMENT 59 children made 119 attendances and 30 prescriptions for spectacles were issued. Children attended the clinic for the following conditions ;— Refractive Errors and Other Defects Hypermetropia 7, Hypermetropic Astigmatism 9, Others 5, and one each of Myopic Astigmatism and Mixed Astigmatism. Squints Right convergent concomitant squint 6 Right convergent concomitant squint with hypermetropic astigmatism 2 Left convergent concomitant squint 6 Left convergent concomitant squint with hypermetropic astigmatism 1 Left convergent concomitant squint with myopic astigmatism 1 Alternating convergent squint 2 Treatments Epicanthus 2 Congenital impatency of lacrymal ducts, bilateral 5 Congenital impatency of lacrymal ducts, unilateral 6 Occlusions 2 and one each for bilateral congenital ptosis, conjunctivitis and dementia. CARE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN There were 47 illegitimate births, giving a rate of 44.09 per 1,000 live births. There is no local problem in the care of unmarried mothers. They seek ante- natal care as well as married women and are generally accepted. 8 were cared for in St. Monica’s Maternity Home, Kendal, and many unmarried women later married. Welfare Foods Scheme A Welfare Food shop managed by the Health Department is situated in the town centre. The shop carries a large and varied stock of proprietary infant foods which are available to any mother whose infant, as shown by the clinic card, regularly attends the Welfare Clinics and has been to one within four weeks. Expectant and nursing mothers from the maternity hospital and Local Authority clinics can also use the shop on production of a recognised card from the clinic concerned. Table of Foods Sold in The Shop •uarter National Orange Cod Liver Vitamin Ending Dried Milk Juice Oil Tablets March 4381 8690 972 726 June 3878 10578 771 645 September 3845 9571 766 697 December 4003 8792 1064 737 16107 37631 3573 2805 The sales of proprietary foods amounted to ;^7,364 in the year. During the year the take-up of Orange Juice was approximately 57% and of Cod Liver Oil, 6%.