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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 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The Work of the Health Visitors.— Maternity and Child Welfare Only.

The Work of the Health Visitors.— Maternity and Child Welfare Only.

Visits Re:—WilsonAsheSouthgateWalkerHobdayHintonWakefieldOveringtonWybrewEarlyWarmanOakleyDevaneyCrossBirdWebbButtfieidBondErnestLewisCatlowCoxToneriTotal
Infants under 1 year.
First visits1316310422124020263205183121201104215962221282241741761542041822953974
Re-visits33123313040781748812768141651134049595920562250869434846062378948425310981
Children 1-2 years.
First visits4-8828111112-61725722829241331210231
Re-visits20910076481361127396763173340203276517823403004102801512325743342116788
Children 2-5 years.
First visits7—1620401—410—1230534216531115693312
Re-visits5482052668518643591425705892645903554331132394987812312214124564952219703
Expectant Mothers.
First visits1105084774550418384691247673571126710444976842721441773
Re-visits1567736-32127---31-110-922045186
Still Births22325——662—-—55—1333—5—53
Milk (Mothers and Children's Order)—212—14-——16———7—9—-68————128
Deaths under 1 year251561—281357—31——419263497
Miscellaneous visits81335968697274548625685054036941638354212321671187724833027447326824011177
Ineffective visits219131207424542250110281364169225380514339350386548235 _4333122221774327250
Totals—1942239111811004353637312114841346423911893212421703334107021552022373515671902211027952045181852659
194118011131117921993502215810172911928188021332013220414401737180423222471174417642028108044142873