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Barking 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Particulars of the home visits paid by the health visitors are given in the following table :—
| No. of ante-natal visits :— First visits | 99 |
| Subsequent visits | 77 |
| No. of first visits to children under one year | 1,076 |
| No. of subsequent visits to children under one ye?r:— (a) Attending a Centre | 221 |
| (b) Not attending a Centre | 3,079 |
| N o. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :— (a) Attending a Centre | 211 |
| (b) Not attending a Centre | 5,139 |
| No. of special visits in connection with Ophthalmia | |
| Neonatorum | 11 |
| Ditto Deaths of children up to 3 years of age | 52 |
| Ditto Still-births | 27 |
| Ditto Puerperal sepsis and Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 |
| Ditto Foster Children | 46 |
| Other visits (re infectious diseases) | 387 |
| Total home visits of all kinds | 10,427 |
(54. FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.—Treatment is given at the Central Clinic
and the St. Albans Clinic.
(b) Dental Treatment.—Treatment is given at the Central
Clinic. (See later section of this Report.)
(c) Orthopaedic Treatment.—Treatment is given at the Orthopaedic
Clinic at Faircross School. (See later section of this Report.)
(d) Tonsils and Adenoids.—Operative treatment is undertaken
at the O'Jeen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, and the St. Mary's Hospital,
Plaistow, under the Council's scheme. During the year 54 such
operations were carried out in respect of children under the age
of five years.
(e) Convalescent Treatments—This is provided under theCouncil's
scheme, and during the year five toddlers and seven mothers and
babies received treatment in various convalescent homes.