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 | Ashe | Bird | 1 Buttfield | Lef t 27-9-44 | Catlow | Cross | Devaney | Early | Ernest | Hinton | Hobdey | Lewis | Oakley | Overington | Ponting | Richardson | Southgate | Toneri | Wakefield | Walker | Warman | Webb | Wilson | Wybrew | Total |
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Infants under 1 year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 93 | 78 | 185 | 129 | 191 | 80 | 158 | 115 | 181 | 153 | 197 | 103 | 146 | 179 | 150 | 140 | 165 | 278 | 110 | 214 | 177 | 143 | 165 | 179 | 3724 |
Re-visits | 71 | 234 | 828 | 589 | 450 | 167 | 955 | 030 | 296 | 993 | 1171 | 859 | 455 | 932 | 322 | 504 | 209 | 246 | 198 | 558 | 590 | 487 | 414 | 663 | 12851 |
Children 1-2 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 119 |
Re-visits | 52 | 150 | 501 | 354 | 293 | 204 | 475 | 346 | 111 | 616 | 760 | 494 | 337 | 641 | 216 | 308 | 211 | 122 | 213 | 628 | 216 | 341 | 363 | 395 | 8353 |
Children 2-5 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | — | 5 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 15 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 130 |
Re-visits | 137 | 263 | 516 | 705 | 251 | 158 | 419 | 455 | 184 | 554 | 1201 | 582 | 355 | 552 | 519 | 401 | 341 | 83 | 317 | 892 | 660 | 468 | 716 | 045 | 11374 |
Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 64 | 57 | 90 | 92 | 58 | 56 | 62 | 47 | 75 | 51 | 73 | 50 | 64 | 38 | 55 | 108 | 118 | 121 | 65 | 84 | 116 | 61 | 122 | 81 | 1808 |
Re-visits | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | — | 53 | 6 | — | 50 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 14 | - | 3 | 45 | 8 | 286 |
Still Births | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
Deaths under I year | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 68 |
Miscellaneous visits | 35 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 33 | 66 | 131 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 522 | 78 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 165 | 8 | 1311 |
Ineffective visits | 350 | 218 | 289 | 588 | 493 | 447 | 423 | 265 | 473 | 636 | 399 | 547 | 572 | 323 | 517 | 344 | 395 | 278 | 364 | 793 | 381 | 756 | 700 | 541 | 11095 |
Totals—1944 | 824 | 10232490 | 248S | 1771 | 1216 2537 | 2009 | 14733017 | 3872 | 2655 | 1961 | 2697 | 1790 | 1847 | 2006 | 1223 | 1292 3224 | 2159 2309 | 2716 2544 | 51144 | ||||||
1943 | 761 | 837 1073 | 2336 | 1913 | 818 1931 | 1841 | 1049 2060 | 3514 | 1625 | 1922 | 1990 | 850 | 1226 | 1150 | 1097 | 900 2319 | 1130 1056 | 1985 1771 | 38771 |