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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
Lambeth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The cost to the Local Authority of the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme since its inception in 1916, and the fall in the infantile mortality year by year are shown in the following table, together with the percentage of Lambeth children entering the County Council Elementary Schools afflicted with some physical defect of defects:—
| Year | Cost to the Borough Council (Financial Year) | Infantile Mortality | Percentage of children entering school with oneor more physical defects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 1918 | 713 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 37.7 |
| 1919 | 1,010 | 14 | 4 | 85 | 38.2 |
| 1920 | 1,664 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1921 | 4,517 | 8 | 10 | 77 | 34.2 |
| 1922 | 4,820 | 18 | 8 | 79 | 32.7 |
| 1923 | 4,377 | 15 | 1 | 58 | 34.2 |
| 1924 | 3,382 | 15 | 7 | 67 | 38.3 |
| 1925 | 3,911 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 48.2 |
| 1926 | 4,073 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 53.1 |
| 1927 | 4,086 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 56.7 |
| 1928 | 4,274 | 19 | 8 | 61 | 51.1 |
| 1929 | 4,481 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 55.3 |
| 1930 | 17,329 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 55.0 |
| 1931 | 20,331 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 61.5 |
| 1932 | 20,147 | 16 | 7 | 56 | 47.9 |
| 1933 | 20,746 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 44.2 |
| 1934 | 20,782 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 55.7 |
| 1935 | 23,008 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 57.1 |
| 1936 | 22,651 | 17 | 1 | 59 | 46.3 |
Summary of Work carried out (Visits Paid) by the 4
Whole-time Official Health Visitors during 1936.
Ante-natal Visits 1,259
Do. Re-visits 80
Births, IstVisits 96l
Do. Re-visits 228
Do. Stillborn 98
Ophthalmia, 1st Visits 89
Do. Re-visits 124
Infantile Deaths, Visits 25
Welfare Centre Attendances 496
Clinic Attendances 134
Visits—No result 1,433
Special Visits (Measles, Diphtheria Prevention, etc. 1,509
Visits to Children 1-5 (included above) 884
Puerperal Pyrexia, 1st Visits 45
Do. Re-visits 31
Enlarged Tonsil and Adenoid Visits 16
Do. Re-visits —