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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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HEALTH WORK.
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 1922.
TABLE 26.
| Original Visits. | Revisits. | Visits to Ante-Natal Cases. | Visits to Post-Natal Cases. | Visits to Delicate Infants. | Visits to Cases of Diarrhæa and Sick Children. | Attendances at Welfare Centres and Dental Clinic. | Visits where Mothers were found to be out. | Special Visits, &c. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Measles | Tuberculosis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Births. | Measles. | Tuberculosis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | |||||||||
| Mrs. Holland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 429 | - | - | 429 |
| Mrs. Kingsmill (from nov. 1St) | 72 | - | - | - | 713 | - | - | - | 22 | - | — | - | 14 | - | - | 821 |
| Miss Johnson | 440 | 67 | - | 1 | 3,016 | 9 | - | 1 | 93 | 5 | — | 11 | 85 | 143 | 54 | 3,925 |
| Miss Hartley | 412 | 48 | - | 2 | 3,161 | — | - | - | 96 | — | 6 | 1 | 89 | 114 | — | 3,929 |
| Miss Rogers | 434 | 47 | - | - | 2,930 | 2 | - | - | 90 | — | — | - | 90 | 38 | 28 | 3,659 |
| Miss Cottrill | 546 | 85 | - | - | 3,967 | — | - | - | 80 | — | — | 43 | 24 | 3 | 4,754 | |
| Miss Sayer | 364 | 95 | - | 2 | 2,855 | — | - | 9 | 22 | — | 1 | — | 64 | — | 1 | 3,406 |
| Miss Adair | 372 | 30 | - | — | 4,202 | — | - | — | 421 | 53 | 36 | 2 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 5,201 |
| Miss Freeth | 605 | 82 | - | 1 | 3.914 | 5 | - | - | 126 | 1 | - | 9 | 82 | 7 | 11 | 4,843 |
| Mrs. George | 283 | 36 | - | 1 | 3,578 | 4 | - | 1 | 102 | 2 | 15 | 86 | 139 | 4 | 4,257 | |
| Mrs. Southward | — | 255 | - | 8 | — | 85 | - | 17 | — | 127 | 74 | 1 | 385 | 6 | 63 | 1,021 |
| Miss Price (to August 29th) | — | 1166 | - | 2 | — | 631 | - | - | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | 20 | 1,840 |
| Mrs. Storrs (from feb. 10th to May 18th) | — | 927 | - | — | — | 230 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,157 |
| Miss Waterworth (feb 10th to May 11th ) | — | 1021 | - | - | 287 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,308 | ||
| Miss Wallington (from August 7th to sept. 23rd) | — | 30 | - | 3 | — | 50 | - | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 31 | — | 87 | 214 |
| Mrs.Newman (home help) | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 197 | — | 412 | 609 | |
| Total | 3,528 | 3889 | - | 20 | 28,336 | 1303 | — | 1052 | 188 | 123 | 54 | 1,698 | 472 | 685 | 41,373 | |