Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Hampstead Ruri-decanal Rescue Association has also decided to reestablish
their Home in the Borough. This was, of necessity, abandoned;
but promises have been secured for a re-constitution of this
work.
Northcourt Hospital, College Crescent.
Full details of this Hospital will be found in Section 2 of this
Report.
Maternal Mortality and Investigations into Maternal Deaths,
Still-births and Infant Deaths.
For several years now, it has been the duty of the Health Visitors
to investigate and report to me upon all deaths of infants under two
years of age. In January of that year a Special Sub-Committee was
appointed to investigate these deaths ; this step having been recommended
by me in October, 1923. The scope of this Sub-Committee's
work was later extended to include maternal deaths, still-births, deaths
of children under two years of age, and cases of puerperal sepsis. The
Inquiry form used in this connection is as follows:—
Inquiry by Sub-Committee of Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
into the Death of a Child under Two Years of Age.
Name of Child:
Legitimate or Illegitimate:
Occupation of Father:
Occupation of Mother:
Date of Birth:
Where born:
Home address(if birth occurred elsewhere):
Home conditions: No. in family, excluding this child:
No. of rooms for living or sleeping:
Sanitary environment:
Pre-maternity Clinic attended :
Date of first visit:
Date of last visit:
Remarks :
Was expectant mother assisted with milk and food?
If she worked during pregnancy, how long before confinement
did she cease work?
Details of Investigation by Health Visitor after Birth Notification:
(Information from Health Visitor's Record Card.)
Bottle fed or breast fed:
Were mother and child assisted with milk and food?
Remarks:
Particulars of subsequent visits by Health Visitor:
(Information from Health Visitor's Record Card.)
Remarks;
For the purposes of the following table, kitchens have been included, but not sculleries, bathrooms, &c. The newly-born infant has been counted in the family.
No. of persons in family. | No. of families occupying the following number of rooms. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | 7 rooms. | |
2 | 5 | l | l | — | — | — | — |
8 | 27 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 1 | — | — |
4 | 20 | 45 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | — |
5 | 11 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 3 | — | — |
6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | — |
7 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
8 | — | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | —l |
9 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
10 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
or over | |||||||
Totals | 71 | 140 | 143 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 1 |