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 Visits Only.
Visits Re | Ashe | Comm. 20/1/47 Baker | Comm. 18/8/47 Biggs | Bird | Blest | Comm. 6/1/47 Left 24/1/47 Christie | Devaney | Early | Edwards | Elliott | Ernest | Hall | Comm. 5/8/47 Hillyard | Hinton | Hobdey | Comm. 27/5/47 Johns | Left 22/3/47 Linton | Comm. 18/8/47 Munroe | Oakley | Orridge | Comm. 6/1/47 Partridge | Comm. 3/2/47 Left 5/7/47 Reed | Southgate | Comm. 4/9/47 Stack | Left 30/4/47 Stokes | Thomas | Toneri | Walker | Warman | Webb | Left 22/11/47 Wilson | Wybrew | Total |
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Infants under 1 year— First Visits | 114 | 199 | 32 | 280 | 192 | 14 | 285 | 106 | 305 | 206 | 267 | 264 | 100 | 212 | 220 | 39 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 196 | 177 | 139 | 180 | 48 | 71 | 245 | 283 | 272 | 127 | 202 | 212 | 242 | 5352 |
Re-visits | 325 | 442 | 128 | 505 | 817 | 18 | 685 | 630 | 1160 | 494 | 524 | 731 | 372 | 1357 | 1177 | 45 | 154 | 172 | 46 | 595 | 265 | 273 | 197 | 308 | 50 | 761 | 421 | 605 | 252 | 899 | 546 | 445 | 15399 |
Children 1—2 years— First Visits | - | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | - | 157 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 335 |
Re-visits | 138 | 305 | 67 | 427 | 379 | 9 | 346 | 329 | 894 | 239 | 136 | 484 | 183 | 460 | 666 | 41 | 73 | 101 | 12 | 359 | 187 | 154 | 160 | 180 | 28 | 151 | 388 | 589 | 137 | 515 | 328 | 216 | 8681 |
Children 2—5 years— First Visits | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | - | 125 | 1 | 10 | 37 | - | 7 | 3 | - | 20 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 30 | i 1 | 7 | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 356 |
Re-visits | 279 | 562 | 56 | 492 | 749 | 9 | 385 | 455 | 631 | 407 | 281 | 805 | 296 | 327 | 1305 | 61 | 178 | 170 | 30 | 505 | 370 | 305 | 311 | 196 | 90 | 319 | 541 | 913 | 305 | 734 | 836 | 347 | 13250 |
Expectant Mothers— First Visits | 63 | 53 | 8 | 82 | 65 | 11 | 92 | 60 | 130 | 87 | 101 | 127 | 57 | 78 | 59 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 60 | 33 | 21 | 96 | 32 | 24 | 87 | 75 | 90 | 59 | 49 | 125 | 85 | 1974 |
Re-visits | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | — | 32 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | — | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 27 | 7 | 194 |
Still Births | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | ||
Deaths under 1 year | 2 | 15 | — | 8 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 114 |
Miscellaneous Visits | — | 53 | 44 | 6 | 98 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 312 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 9 | 21 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 182 | 16 | — | 110 | 35 | 77 | 14 | 97 | 100 | 42 | 1466 |
Ineffective Visits | 221 | 548 | 128 | 292 | 531 | 21 | 360 | 138 | 791 | 500 | 473 | 460 | 342 | 373 | 363 | 84 | 117 | 171 | 38 | 726 | 230 | 304 | 406 | 213 | 67 | 370 | 281 | 512 | 433 | 636 | 422 | 458 | 11009 |
Totals: 1947 | 1150 | 2189 | 467 | 2097 | 2856 | 85 | 2497 | 1779 | 3944 | 2007 | 1880 | 3224 | 1378 | 2813 | 3856 | 278 | 583 | 707 | 205 | 2525 | 1328 | 1214 | 1568 | 996 | 336 | 2066 | 2044 | 3098 | 1333 | 3151 | 2624 | 1880 | 58158 |
1946 | 1048 | — | - | 1663 | 769 | — | 2286 | 1958 | 2136 | 695 | 1579 | 1049 | - | 3034 | 3708 | — | 1162 | — | 2077 | 2052 | — | - | 1389 | — | 1395 | 645 | 1492 | 2967 | 1446 | 2165 | 2848 | 2181 | *50737 |
*Including Health Visitors who left during 1946.