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 Croydon]
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THE WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS - MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ONLY.
Visits Re:- | Wilson | Ashe | Southgate | Walker | Hobday | Hinton | Cracknell | Wakefield | Overington | Wybrew | Early | Warrman | Oakley | Devaney | Cross | Bird | I Webb | Buttfield | Bond | Ernest | Lewis | Williams | Catlow | Cox | Toneri | Total |
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Infants under 1 Yr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 126 | 79 | 68 | 230 | 204 | 142 | 7 | 69 | 225 | 63 | 76 | 157 | 108 | 179 | 73 | 146 | 138 | 115 | 185 | 147 | 83 | 55 | 152 | 97 | 31 | 2955 |
Re- visits | 358 | 233 | 174 | 401 | 977 | 669 | 48 | 208 | 789 | 169 | 452 | 486 | 544 | 673 | 206 | 489 | 444 | 530 | 654 | 371 | 479 | 161 | 664 | 278 | 160 | 10617 |
Children 1-2 Yrs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visit | 7 | - | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 223 |
Re- Visits | 236 | 165 | 133 | 397 | 514 | 428 | 36 | 162- | 905 | 107 | 465 | 289 | 374 | 443 | 169 | 275 | 260 | 364 | 597 | 210 | 279 | 68 | 558 | 246 | 92 | 7773 |
Children 2-5 Yrs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 14 | - | 6 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 64 | 4\ | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | - | 28 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 237 |
Re- visits | 666 | 350 | 339 | 723 | 1036 | 480 | 42 | 268 | 552 | 290 | 474 | 837 | 426 | 319 | 223 | 359 | 483 | 695 | 566 | 251 | 460 | 191 | 325 | 262 | 49 | 10660 |
Expectant Mothors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 54 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 24 | - | 18 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 32 | 17 | - | 33 | 26 | 6 | 529 |
Re- visits | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 27 | 1 | - | 2 | 21 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | 359 |
Still Births | 2 | 6 | 1 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 31 |
Milk (Mothers and Childrens order) | 13 | 62 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 30 | 1 | - | 4 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 115 | 154 | - | 16 | - | 7 | 12 | 197 |
Deaths under 1 Yr. | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 36 |
Miscellsneous visits | 12 | 4 | 98 | 11 | 8 | 5 | _ | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 68 | 18 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 117 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 573 |
Ineffective visits | 301 | 202 | 330 | 398 | 671 | 404 | 103 | 270 | 403 | 257 | 274 | 320 | 513 | 466 | 631 | 362 | 418 | 520 | 289 | 428 | 377 | 169 | 265 | 142 | 54 | 8E77 |
Total 1941 | 1801 | 1131 | 1179 | 2199 | 3502 | 2158 | 238 | 1017 | 2911 | 928 | 1880 | 2133 | 2013 | 2264 | 1140 | 1737 | 1804 | 2322 | 2471 | 1744 | 1764 | 682 | 2028 | 1086 | 441 | 42873 |
Total 1940 | 1972 | 1333 | 1540 | 2913 | 5993 | 2622 | - | 1215 | 3145 | 2244 | 2843 | 2435 | 2329 | 3311 | 1631 | 2469 | 2303 | 3339 | 2144 | 6564 | - | - | - | _ | - | 51994 |
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