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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bermondsey 1919

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919

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Table: Table H. Health Visitors. The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the year 1919:—

Table H. Health Visitors. The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the year 1919:—

XWhole Borough.Bermondsey Wards.Rotherhithe Wards.St. Olave Ward.
123456123St. John.St. Olave.St. Thomas
Births Notified:———
By Guy's Hospital992243264202631742......612215
„ Midwives1,2396568141189163792181806356134
„ Doctors44815274248382464121422133
„ParentsParents24766296415141554431......
TOTAL2,9263293654143072192912993551481393822
VISITS:-Whole Borough.DISTRICTS.Attendances at Classes for Mothers.
1234Town Hall.Abbeyfield Road.Trinity Road.
Ante-natal3311271494114
Births (first)2,6006997716424882,0032,138643
„ (subsequent)2,8195165665611,176
Measles (first)47310310619668
„ (subsequent)21435776933District No. 1 Miss Islip „ „ 2 „ Sumner „ „ 3 „ Bache „ „ 4 „ Carlton
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (first)52910249
„ „ (subsequent)381...1522
Puerperal Fever211......
Influenzal Pneumonia (first)8815243019
„ „ (subsequent)1123...6
Polio-Myelitis7.........7
Diarrhœa2541812
Various1,578386545350297
TOTAL8,2381,8982,2701,9292,141