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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
Southwark 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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The number of visits made by the Health Visitors and other officers of the Public Health Department to houses in connection with Births, and other Health Work during 1920.
TABLE 23.
| Original Visits. | Revisits. | Visits to Ante-Natal Cases. | Visits to Post-Natal Cases. | Visits to Delicate Infants. | Attendances at Welfare Centres. | Visits where Mothers were found to be out. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Measles. | Tuberculosis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Births. | Measles. | Tuberculosis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | |||||||
| Mrs. Holland | 1 | - | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 337 | - | 340 |
| Miss Johnson | 530 | 192 | - | 9 | 2,094 | 16 | - | _ | 69 | 24 | 91 | 77 | 290 | 3,392 |
| Miss Sayer | 604 | 92 | - | 14 | 2,205 | 15 | - | 2 | 41 | 4 | 112 | 72 | 157 | 3,318 |
| Miss Hartley | 482 | 152 | - | 13 | 2,082 | 15 | - | 1 | 53 | 49 | 183 | 64 | 479 | 3,573 |
| Mrs. George | 288 | 111 | - | 8 | 2,553 | 9 | - | 2 | 88 | 14 | 128 | 40 | 325 | 3,561 |
| Miss Vaughan Price | 15 | 23 | - | 10 | 81 | 6 | - | 46 | 3 | 3 | 2.548 | 138 | 193 | 3,066 |
| Miss Walters | 527 | 201 | - | 18 | 1,782 | 8 | - | 5 | 47 | 50 | 367 | 52 | 500 | 3,557 |
| Miss Strange (to April 1) | 40 | 27 | - | 1 | 26 | 115 | - | 71 | 2 | - | 162 | 38 | 27 | 509 |
| Miss Royds (from Jan 12 to May 31) | 239 | 75 | - | 5 | 538 | 3 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 9 | 158 | 1,039 |
| Miss Vieler (from April 9) | 177 | 40 | - | 15 | 246 | 4 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 463 | 170 | 28 | 1,157 |
| Mrs. Southward (from April 22) | 225 | 16 | - | 13 | 1,056 | 1 | - | 5 | 31 | 16 | 993 | 110 | 18 | 2,484 |
| Mrs. Simmons (from May 17) | 266 | 14 | - | 12 | 1,050 | 3 | - | 10 | 13 | 9 | 830 | 57 | 67 | 2,331 |
| Mrs. Ross (from June 7) | 149 | 3 | - | 4 | 1.071 | - | - | 2 | 43 | 15 | 396 | 26 | 75 | 1,784 |
| Mrs. Adair (from August 30) | 176 | - | - | - | 985 | - | - | - | 15 | 7 | 190 | 20 | 22 | 1,415 |
| Miss Rogers (from September 1) | 55 | - | - | 6 | 726 | - | - | 8 | 11 | 1 | 415 | 39 | 51 | 1,312 |
| Miss Chappie (from Apr 8 to Nov 27) | - | - | 119 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 119 |
| Miss Elliott | - | - | 96 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 123 |
| Total | 3,774 | 946 | 215 | 129 | 16,496 | 195 | l | 152 | 430 | 199 | 6,878 | 1,249 | 2,416 | 33,080 |