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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

Croydon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: T able XCVI. The Work of the Health Visitors.—Home Yisiting.—Maternity and Child Welfare Only.

T able XCVI. The Work of the Health Visitors.—Home Yisiting.—Maternity and Child Welfare Only.

I C.W.II. R.A.III. D.H.IV. B.W.V. A.W.WVI. J.T.VII M.S.VIII. A.P.IX. V.B.X. A.W.XI. J.C.XII. E.H.XIII. C.G.XIV. A.H.XV. A.C.XVI. H. R.XVII. V.C.XVIII. L.M & K.H.XIX. M.C.XX. R.S.TOTAL VISITS
Visits to Expectant Mothers.
First visits326121025142122911125345271476481321
Re-visits.20519166617...91316121332611251209
Infants under 1 year.
First visits2561041456111520210811023232819384230236102210142643251963443
Re-visits4182725292042993642173063943805587842146025252473842167984768187
Children 1—2 years.
First visits7...11172616125158236310225231
Re-visits4702894222322324072561202293853966933023684471903912058145637411
Children 2—5 years.
First visits5.........1422416...106182092105123219
Re-visits1082567361650613665630549279753271897425537554608493473777111412298
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
First visits...11.........1...11......11............1...8
Re visits......119...11...14......34...2............36
Still Births711817123113185...9339487
Milk (Mothers' and Children's Order)4377633...441129615115...13216997354
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Visits..............................9...........................9
Houses where deaths of Infants occurred19531751236616161181101451725190
Miscellaneous Visits213311355159614112321381032232109615105967
Ineffective Visits4053003194575114705754024213393624022992671692444882822649637999
Post Natal Visits......3.........13...75101...1........................193
Totals—59332806162019042063182422591992158417362361188729211588 207819031813195613033111345342162
191219421662211217662107 28541949212320341443282616092533375722982278349284342512