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:- | Adalian Com. 18-3-43 | Ashe | Bird | Bond Left 19-6-43 | Buttfield | Catlow | Cox Left 13-3-43 | Cross | Devaney | Early | Ernest | Hinton | Hobdey | Lewis | Oakley | Overington | Ponting | Richardson Com. 15-3-43 | Southgate | Toneri | Wakefield | Walker | Warman | Webb | Wilson | Wybrew | Total |
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Infants under 1 year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 101 | 99 | 177 | 59 | 217 | 205 | 31 | 94 | 160 | 97 | 211 | 251 | 255 | 157 | 102 | 182 | 68 | 152 | 169 | 262 | 114 | 224 | 161 | 144 | 155 | 218 | 4066 |
Re-visits | 111 | 225 | 242 | 90 | 477 | 615 | 41 | 170 | 639 | 591 | 296 | 685 | 1103 | 809 | 458 | 646 | 161 | 335 | 199 | 155 | 166 | 459 | 188 | 574 | 432 | 395 | 10262 |
Children 1-2 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 155 |
Re-visits | 79 | 108 | 186 | 92 | 419 | 404 | 44 | 70 | 360 | 384 | 105 | 333 | 364 | 250 | 343 | 538 | 126 | 181 | 164 | 141 | 146 | 471 | 121 | 336 | 324 | 263 | 6357 |
Children 2-5 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 7 | _ | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | 2 | 18 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — | 7 | 23 | 171 |
Re-visits | 127 | 206 | 181 | 75 | 747 | 330 | 72 | 82 | 360 | 290 | 117 | 405 | 1095 | 161 | 413 | 417 | 181 | 213 | 297 | 118 | 246 | 738 | 428 | 486 | 655 | 530 | 8970 |
Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 20 | 19 | 44 | 15 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 32 | 53 | 24 | 71 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 48 | 28 | 29 | 45 | 33 | 90 | 51 | 952 |
Re-visits | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | _ | 30 | 2 | 44 | 33 | — | 51 | — | -- | 5 | 1 | - | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 27 | 1 | 230 |
Still Births | 3 | — | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | - | 1 | — | 10 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 52 |
Milk (Mothers and Children's Order) | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | - | - | _ | _ | - | _ | - | 23 |
Deaths under 1 year | - | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 71 |
Miscellaneous visits | 1 | - | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | _ | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 33 | |
ineffective visits | 309 | 168 | 225 | 100 | 364 | 316 | 21 | 306 | 403 | 390 | 227 | 359 | 539 | 210 | 560 | 161 | 283 | 295 | 206 | 341 | 192 | 375 | 171 | 370 | 275 | 263 | 7429 |
Totals—1943 | 761 | 831 | 1073 | 438 | 2336 | 1913 | 224 | 818 | 1991 | 1841 | 1049 | 2060 | 3514 | 1625 | 1922 | 1990 | 850 | 1226 | 1150 | 1097 | 900 | 2319 | 1130 | 1956 | 1985 | 1771 | 38771 |
1942 | — | 1181 | 2155 | 1567 | 3735 | 2795 | 2045 | 1070 | 3334 | 1893 | 1962 | 2114 | 3731 | 2110 | 2176 | 3464 | — | — | 1604 | 1818 | 841 | 3536 | 2124 | 2622 | 2391 | 2391 | 52659 |