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 Left 28-3-45 | Andrews Com. 23-5-45 | Ashe | Bird | Catlow | Cross | Devaney | Early | Ernest | Hinton | Hobdey | Lewis left 30-11-45 | Linton Com. 3-4-45 | Mace Com, 3-4-45 | Oakley | Overington | Richardson Left 30-11-45- | Southgate | Toneri | Wakefield | Walker | Warman | Webb | Wilson | Wybrew | Total |
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Infants under 1 year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 26 | 193 | 92 | 186 | 108 | 118 | 209 | 98 | 192 | 132 | 254 | 121 | 173 | 142 | 144 | 199 | 135 | 195 | 313 | 80 | 275 | 129 | 132 | 202 | 199 | 4047 |
Re-visits | 33 | 362 | 231 | 500 | 575 | 153 | 706 | 582 | 285 | 1024 | 1042 | 595 | 345 | 656 | 623 | 940 | 537 | 216 | 277 | 153 | 573 | 205 | 460 | 427 | 456 | 11956 |
Children 1-2 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 1 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | 15 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 274 | |||
Re-visits | 10 | 430 | 133 | 359 | 398 | 157 | 350 | 384 | 102 | 451 | 514 | 397 | 242 | 397 | 384 | 670 | 267 | 216 | 125 | 197 | 589 | 117 | 397 | 422 | 307 | 8016 |
Children 2-5 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 1 | 81 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | 9 | - | 27 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 315 |
Re-visits | 27 | 395 | 226 | 377 | 348 | 197 | 346 | 517 | 260 | 389 | 940 | 666 | 416 | 458 | 372 | 633 | 384 | 406 | 116 | 274 | 925 | 295 | 585 | 85(i | 400 | 10808 |
Expectant Mothers. First visits | 12 | 100 | 78 | 99 | 44 | 67 | 122 | 66 | 147 | 78 | 116 | 64 | 87 | 79 | 75 | 92 | 89 | 129 | 151 | 64 | 102 | 91 | 77 | 142 | 106 | 2247 |
Re-visits | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | 1 | 16 | - | 38 | 10 | - | 78 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | - | - | 28 | 2 | 236 |
Still Births | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | l | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
Deaths under 1 year | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 54 |
Miscellaneous visits | 9 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 219 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 14 | IS | 32 | 20 | 592 |
Ineffective visits | 58 | 254 | 147 | 161 | 225 | 368 | 287 | 223 | 299 | 474 | 226 | 228 | 399 | 544 | 444 | 232 | 323 | 257 | 110 | 259 | 501 | 527 | 395 | 279 | 317 | 7617 |
Totals-1945 | 180 | 1916 | 922 | 1699 | 1715 | I1121 | 2065 | 1915 | 1329 | 2369 | 3254 | 2090 | 1745 | 2292 | 2081 | 2808 | 1755 | 1691 | ,209 | 1044 | 3025 | 1408 | 2093 | 2436 | 1827 | 46180 |
1944 | 824 | - | 1026 | 24901 | 1771 | 1216 | 2537 | 2009 | 1473 | 3017 | 3872 | 2655 | - | - | 1961 | 2697 | 1847 | 2006 | 1223 | 1292 | 3224 | 2159 | 2300 | 2716 | 2544 | *51111 |
* Including Health Visitors who left during 1944.