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 1942
[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. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | Total | |
| Visits. | |||||||||||
| First visits | 122 | 127 | 157 | 203 | 149 | 197 | 136 | 109 | 168 | 93 | 1,461 |
| Subsequent Visits. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 382 | 685 | 600 | 405 | 431 | 456 | 1,108 | 487 | 386 | 388 | 5,328 |
| 1-5 Years | 712 | 590 | 615 | 338 | 515 | 555 | 274 | 822 | 751 | 165 | 5,337 |
| Outs | 381 | 204 | 516 | 718 | 338 | 563 | 433 | 225 | 317 | 278 | 3,973 |
| Removals | 67 | 58 | 159 | 56 | 80 | 137 | 29 | 79 | 73 | 39 | 771 |
| Other Visits. | |||||||||||
| Infant Deaths | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 92 |
| Stillbirths | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 37 |
| Ophthalmia Neona torum | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | •) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 75 |
| Encephalitis Lethar gica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 16 | — | 24 | 40 | — | 128 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Chicken pox | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | — | 6 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 50 |
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | |
| Child Life Protection | 10 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 192 |
| Diphtheria Immuni sation | 39 | — | 72 | 45 | 41 | — | 50 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 315 |
| Home Helps | 3 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 83 |
| Evacuation Scheme | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Convalescent | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Free Milk | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Special | 2 | 5 | — | 11 | 21 | 12 | — | 11 | 3 | 6 | 71 |
| Rest Centres | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 256 | 256 | 269 | 109 | 274 | 210 | 272 | 139 | 253 | 339 | 2,377 |
| Adoption | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Ante-natal. | |||||||||||
| First Visits | 97 | 103 | 158 | 107 | 77 | 138 | 99 | 71 | 112 | 51 | 1,013 |
| Subsequent Visits | 192 | 90 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 88 | 6 | 90 | 48 | 21 | 831 |
| Total Visits | 2,298 | 2,198 | 2,736 | 2,172 | 2,113 | 2,458 | 2,432 | 2,115 | 2,247 | 1,428 | 22,197 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 105 | 124 | 124 | 115 | 113 | 117 | 96 | 119 | 106 | 61 | 1,080 |
| Attendances at Antenatal Clinics | 59 | 36 | 29 | 59 | 90 | 101 | 56 | 72 | 85 | 55 | 642 |
| Attendances at Tuberculosis Clinics | 14 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 146 | 305 |
| Attendances at Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics | 14 | 40 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 200 |
| Number of insanitary conditions reported | 1 | 17 | 30 | — | 7 | 3 | 12 | — | — | 2 | 72 |