Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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No. of half-days devoted to visiting | 1,550 |
No. of ante-natal visits:— | |
First visits | 394 |
Subsequent visits | 190 |
No. of first visits to children under 1 year | 1,186 |
No. of subsequent visits to children under 1 year:— | |
1,651 | |
(b) Not attending a Centre | 2,077 |
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age:— | |
6,902 | |
8,811 | |
No. of special visits in connection with ophthalmia neonatorum | 16 |
,, ,, ,, deaths of children up to 3 years of age | 43 |
,, „ „ stillbirths | 29 |
„ ,, „ puerperal sepsis and puerperal pyrexia | 9 |
Other visits (re infectious diseases) | 135 |
No. of visits to foster children | 279 |
Total home visits of all kinds | 12,911 |
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No. of pints supplied at reduced price. | No. of pints supplied free. | Total. | Total cost of milk supplied. | Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied. |
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51,878 | 142,047 | 193,925 | £2,853 18 0 | £2,476 14 0 |
Pursuant to the receipt of Circular 1519 from the Ministry of Health,
Pasteurised milk was supplied as from the 1st May, 1937.