Hydrotherapy (enk- supplied by UNICEF.
Waiting room
in the meso T. B. clinic.
Infant welfare work
or a Health Centre.
in marquees in a camp administered by the Social Welfare Officer and with the help of his staff pregnant women were encouraged to make use of the facilities provided.
107. During the year a total of 7,097 deliveries were carried out by this service and of these deliveries 3,177 were domiciliary cases. In 1952 the corresponding figures were 6,649 and 2,987,
108. The Supervisor of Midwives was, in addition, responsible for the supervision of registered private maternity homes. The number of these homes which functioned during the year was 198, of which 54 were in Hong Kong and 84 in Kowloon and the New Territories. These homes, consisting as they do in general of convicted domestic premises, are mostly small and simple. They may have anything from 1 to 7 beds. During 1953 the total number of cases delivered in these private maternity homes. numbered 24,099 compared with 22,666 in the previous year. The number of midwives registered under the Midwives Ordin- ance during 1953 was 1,011 as compared with 980 in the previous year.
Of this number 443 worked in Government or other institutions. The remainder are private midwives and only 219 of them engaged in active practice.
109. (b) Maternal and Child Health. This branch of the work is carried out by a staff consisting of the Medical Officer in charge, 5 other Medical Officers, one Supervisor and Training Officer for Health Nurses, 2 Health Visitors, 27 trainee health nurses and a midwife. In addition, the part-time services of 9 medical officers, 11 nurses/midwives and 9 district midwives, are also used for the development of this work.
110. During the year the work of this section was consider- ably developed and expanded. Two new centres were established in resettlement areas and the work was initiated în seven existing dispensaries and institutions in other districts. The 3 main centres referred to in the previous report continued to function on a full time basia,
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