Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932
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2. To visit the homes and make investigations in regard to stillbirths
and infant deaths.
3. To visit and give advice to parents in cases of ophthalmia,
zymotic enteritis and other diseases causing deaths amongst infants.
4. To visit and report upon all cases of puerperal fever.
5. To investigate, when required, homes in which overcrowding
is alleged to exist.
6. To investigate, when required, applications for the supply of
milk free or below cost price.
7. To co-ordinate their efforts with those of the voluntary workers
attached to the Maternity and Child Welfare organizations in the
Borough.
8. To investigate cases under the Widows', Orphans' and Old
Age Contributory Pensions Acts where the children are under school
age.
Work of the Health Visitors.—The following tabular statement
(Table No. 26) gives an outline of the work of the Health Visitors and
of the Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers during the past
two years. The visits enumerated are those paid by the trained officer
of the Borough Council (one part-time Health Visitor) and the trained
officers of the Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers (three
whole-time Health Visitors). It does not include work done by voluntary
workers attached to the Society.
TABLE No. 26.
Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
1931. | 1932. | |
---|---|---|
First visits to Infants under one year of age | 557 | 570 |
Return | 1,747 | 1,765 |
First visits to Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 314 | 356 |
Return visits to Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 2,806 | 2,488 |
Ante-natal visits to Expectant Mothers :— | ||
Primi-para cases | 109 | 86 |
Multi-para „ | 186 | 148 |
Return visitsReturn | 516 | |
Visits to Enteritis cases amongst children | — | — |
Visits to Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases | 8 | 5 |
Visits to Whooping Cough cases | 73 | 83 |
Visits to Measles cases (under 5 years of age) | 9 | 331 |
Return visits | — | 246 |
Visits to Measles cases (over 5 years of age) ... | 3— | 219 |
Return visits | 54 | |
General additional visits | 835 | 838 |
Total visits | 7,218 | 7,705 |
Half-day attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 623 | 519 |