Corporation of Glasgow Public Health Department - Scheme of Maternity and Child Welfare
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE6/1/12
- Dates of Creation:1926
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:2 items Printed document
Scope and Content
Prepared by instruction of the Committee on Health. Chapters include statistics on infant mortality; staff; Glasgow Infant Health Visitors Association; notification of births; medical attendance at birth; scope of the clinics; ante-natal consultations; artificial light treatment; venereal diseases; supply of milk and meals; day nurseries; juvenile unemployment classes; country homes; Garscube Cottage Hospital; ophthalmia neonatorum; puerperal fever; and supervision of midwives. Includes photographs of child welfare centres at West Govan, Maryhill, Springburn and Bridgeton; Cowcaddens Day Nursery; kindergarten Phoenix Park; stretchers on lawn at Scotstoun Country Home; dormitory Scotstoun Country Home; children with a nurse at Mount Vernon Country Home; and open air dinner tables at Mount Blow and floor plans of West Govan Child Welfare Centre and Mount Blow Country Home. One copy has a typed excerpt from the Report on the Operation of the Sanitary Department on the female visitor. 2 copies.
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