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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 1943
[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 | 149 | 126 | 147 | 216 | 143 | 202 | 95 | 82 | 170 | 222 | 1,552 |
| Subsequent Visits. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 737 | 701 | 499 | 471 | 587 | 594 | 649 | 392 | 408 | 597 | 5,635 |
| 1-5 Years | 734 | 514 | 450 | 311 | 755 | 791 | 450 | 759 | 641 | 405 | 5,810 |
| Outs | 581 | 228 | 490 | 717 | 508 | 646 | 451 | 355 | 395 | 593 | 4,964 |
| Removals | 53 | 43 | 106 | 30 | 70 | 117 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 79 | 547 |
| Other Visits. | |||||||||||
| Infant Deaths | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | — | 5 | 8 | 7 | 69 |
| Stillbirths | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 1! |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | _ | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 7 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 102 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Polio-Myelitis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 6 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | 15 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Child Life Protection | 9 | 35 | 58 | 30 | 42 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 298 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| Home Helps | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 79 |
| Evacuation Scheme | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Convalescent | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Free Milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Special | 9 | 5 | — | 53 | 12 | 18 | — | — | 2 | 10 | 109 |
| Rest Centres | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 162 | 250 | 107 | — | 239 | 184 | 271 | 248 | 339 | 155 | 1,955 |
| Adoption | 1 | 2 | 32 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 37 |
| Ante-natal. | |||||||||||
| First Visits | 78 | 130 | 23 | 72 | 82 | 67 | 63 | 59 | 99 | 25 | 698 |
| Subsequent Visits | 72 | 75 | 110 | 30 | 69 | 118 | 7 | 98 | 72 | 66 | 717 |
| Total Visits | 2,622 | 2,150 | 2,043 | 1,958 | 2,528 | 2,858 | 2,026 | 2,016 | 2,250 | 2,228 | 22,709 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 156 | 154 | 113 | 150 | 95 | 107 | 84 | 92 | 100 | 99 | 1,150 |
| Attendances at Antenatal Clinics | 69 | 56 | 51 | 75 | 84 | 120 | 59 | 61 | 68 | 101 | 744 |
| Attendances at Tuberculosis Clinics | 5 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 112 | |
| Attendances at Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics | 59 | 49 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 128 |
| Number of insanitary conditions reported | 7 | 10 | — | 5 | 12 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 | 11 | 69 |