Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919
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The following amount was distributed free to necessitous cases:—
The following amount was distributed free to necessitous cases:— | |
Fresh Milk | 1,073 gals. |
Dried Milk | 1,680 lbs. |
Condensed Milk | 271 tins. |
together with drugs, etc.
The cost of fresh milk, food and drugs given to
necessitous cases was £376 8s. 11½d.
Each necessitous case was carefully investigated
before assistance was given, and the usual amount
given was 2 lbs. of dried milk per week to each case.
SUMMARY OF VISITS PAID BY HEALTH VISITORS DURING 1919.
SUMMARY OF VISITS PAID BY HEALTH VISITORS DURING 1919. | |
Births (first visits) | 2,874 |
,, (re-visits) | 8,245 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 99 |
Puerperal Fever | 11 |
Measles | 985 |
Diarrhœa | 5 |
School Complaints | 832 |
Special Matters | 627 |
Futile Visits | 661 |
Tuberculosis | 3,194 |
Total Visits Paid | 17,538 |