London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hammersmith 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—
| > | District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 6a | No. 7 | Total | |
| Visits. First visits | 171 | 176 | 220 | 183 | 185 | 150 | 64 | 112 | 1,261 |
| Subsequent Visits. Under 1 year | 451 | 404 | 536 | 435 | 424 | 975 | 174 | 703 | 4,102 |
| 1-5 Years | 986 | 445 | 579 | 726 | 467 | 750 | 141 | 693 | 4,787 |
| Outs | 533 | 510 | 986 | 446 | 597 | 388 | 185 | 562 | 4,207 |
| Removals | 260 | 399 | 316 | 533 | 216 | 241 | 21 | 281 | 2,267 |
| Other Visits. Infant Deaths | 4 | 8 | - | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 46 |
| Stillbirths | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 42 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 19 |
| Epidemic Diarrhcea | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethar-gica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 17 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 26 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Chickenpox | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scabies | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Child Life Protection | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation | 2 | 16 | 32 | 40 | 4 | - | - | 77 | 171 |
| Home Helps | 15 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | 73 |
| Evacuation Scheme | 13 | 15 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | 94 |
| Convalescent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free Milk | - | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Free Dinners | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Adoption of Children | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Factories, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Special | 1 | 5 | - | 67 | - | 12 | 143 | - | 228 |
| Refugees | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rest Centres | 23 | 32 | 28 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 93 |
| Tuberculosis | - | 6 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| Ante-natal. First Visits | 129 | 124 | 210 | 128 | 110 | 175 | 74 | 113 | 1,063 |
| Subsequent Visits | 92 | 56 | 105 | 71 | 14 | 80 | 28 | 25 | 471 |
| Total Visits | 2,695 | 2,234 | 3,176 | 2,684 | 2,042 | 2,805 | 840 | 2,575 | 19,051 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 47 | 78 | 44 | 98 | 90 | 84 | 209 | 64 | 714 |
| Attendances at Antenatal Clinics | 38 | 50 | 30 | 51 | 45 | 55 | 134 | 49 | 452 |
| Schick Test Clinics | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Number of insanitary conditions reported | 2 | - | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 21 |