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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
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF VISITS BY MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS—
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to Reported Ophthalmia | F/4 9 | F/3 9 | F/1 6 | F/3 5 | F/5 14 | F/7 11 | F/5 16 | F/3 11 | F/31 81 |
| (a)† Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/13 39 | F/37 94 | F19 37 | F 5 | F/10 19 | F/11 16 | F/7 26 | F/10 27 | F/112 263 |
| (b) †Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhoea | F/3 | F/2 3 | - | F/l | - | - | - | - | F/6 7 |
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | - | 10 | 12 | - | -_ | 1 | 24 | 5 | 52 |
| (d) Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 15 | 51 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 33 | 182 |
| (e) Rickets | 2 | 34 | 19 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 180 | 60 | 543 |
| (f) †Measles and German Measles | F/2 | F/7 | F/1 | F/2 | F/63 | - | F/2 | F/2 | F/79 |
| (g) †Whooping Cough | F/14 16 | F/ 73 | F/1 5 | F/27 | F/38 | - | F 63 65 | F/36 | /266 270 |
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P=Pulmonary; O=Other | - | p/1 o/l 2 | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | /lo/l 2 |
| (i) Convulsions | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| (j ) †Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (k) Premature Birth | - | 55 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 120 |
| (l) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | - | - | 7 | 57 |
| (m) All other investigations (**Specify) | 21 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 25 | 181 |
| (n) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in(a) to (m) | 3,417 | 3, 13 | 3,814 | 3,042 | 4,106 | 3,377 | 3,154 | ,299 | 27,122 |
| ***Totals (a) to(n) | 3,525 | 4,301 | 3,943 | 3,228 | 4,402 | 3,503 | 3,550 | 2,509 | 2 8,961 |
| Total Families Visited | 2,160 | 3,128 | 2,726 | 2,217 | 2,842 | 2,563 | 2,544 | 1,777 | 19,957 |
Registered New Cases Handed to Infant Puerperal Puerperal Ophthalmia
Births. H .V's for Visitation. Mortality. Fever. Pyrexia. Neonatorum.
No. Rate. Notified Non-Notified Transfers Rate. Cases. Removals. Cases. Removals. Cases. Removals.
Births. Births. In.
6108 180 5671 302 331 324 53* 33 28 84 53 137 24
*Lowest Rate on Record.
**e.g.—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit, etc.
***Totals (a) to (b) should correspond with Totals I. to IX.
†F. in front of figures denotes a "First Visit."
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