Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

  • United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1926]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Muttra.—A committee for maternity and child welfare has been formed under the presidentship of the collector, the civil surgeon being one of the members. The scheme adopted differs from the usual scheme adopted in •other districts in that lectures are given to the indigenous dais and women in their own homes. A lady doctor on Rs. 300 per mensem has been engaged to supervise the work of indigenous dais and a fee of Re. 1 per case is given to these dais, but since October only one dai called the lady doctor. The scheme is in an experimental stage and the results are being watched with interest. A sum of Rs. 20,000 was raised locally, out of which Rs. 2,000 have been spent. Muzaffarnagar.—A maternity and child welfare centre was formed under the presidentship of the late collector, Mr. K. Prasada, the civil surgeon being one of the members. One qualified midwife was engaged and her pay of Rs. 50 per mensem was met by the municipal and distiict boards. Later on both the boards refused to pay her pay and the centre ceased to exist for some time. Subscriptions were consequently raised by the President and the Ladies Club and a midwife has been re-engaged on Rs. 25 per mensem as a part-time employee. She attended three confinement cases, paid 40 after-visits, and visited and advised 20 expectant mothers. tSoron. — Mrs. Cotton’s maternity and child welfare centre was opened on February 22, 1926. An experienced midwife has been engaged and she attended eleven cases of confinement. At the centre 3,870 women, 1,139 male children and 1,344 female children attended for minor ailments. The local dais are averse to this movement and they attended no lectures. The total number of houses visited was 55. The centre was financed by grants of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 2,400 from the League and the municipal board, respectively, Bijnor.—There are five midwives working at different stations, viz., Najibabad, Sherkot, Seohara, Nehtaur, and Kiratpur. They are paid by the local bodies concerned. At Najioabad 58 cases of birth were attended and 58 after-visits paid, the indigenous dais being present in only ten cases. At Sherkot and Nehtaur 135 and 191 cases of birth were attended, 95 and 112 after-visits paid, the dais having been present in 45 and 25 cases, respectively. The centres at Seohara and Kiratpur have only recently been started. No dais were trained. The United Provinces Lady Chelmsford League paid a sum of Rs. 1,000 to this centre. Agra,_In 1925 an infant welfare centre was started in Nai Basti in Agra. In 1926 this centre experienced a set-back, owing to severe epidemic of plague in the spring of that year, but subsequently it reco¬ vered and for the days on which the centre was opened, the attendance was 12,840, the number of children under ten years of age being 496 and the daily average 54. During the hot weather and rains the figure was much higher, on some occasions, reaching 100. The United Provinces Branch of the Red Cross Society made a grant of Rs. 2,000 towards the end of the year with a promise of further assist¬ ance should this money be utilized. With this additional help a new centre was constituted and opened in the beginning of January, 1927.