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 | Baker | Biggs | Bird | Blest | Devaney | Early | Left 30//3/48 Edwards | Elliott | Ernest | Hall | Comm. 14/1/43 Hayward | Hillyard | Hinton | Left 25/2/48 Hobdey | Johns | Comm. 16/4/48 Lucey | Comm. 18/2/48 Morganthal | Munroe | Oakley | Orridge | Partridge | Left 31/5/48 Southgate | Stack | Comm. 5/1/48 Stanton | Thomas | Tonerie | Walker | Warman | Webb | Wybtew | TOTAl |
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Infants under 1 year- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 111 | 164 | 79 | 174 | 171 | 222 | 113 | 61 | 196 | 218 | 202 | 172 | 190 | 168 | 41 | 79 | 82 | 124 | 133 | 46 | 133 | 157 | 3 | 172 | 231 | 215 | 255 | 243 | 103 | 135 | 213 | 4609 |
Re-visits | 229 | 453 | 263 | 579 | 672 | 944 | 681 | 152 | 267 | 339 | 1027 | 555 | 704 | 1268 | 233 | 139 | 393 | 502 | 656 | 94 | 673 | 324 | 4 | 748 | 838 | 480 | 519 | 554 | 233 | 626 | 890 | 16039 |
Children 1—2 years— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 13 | 91 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 289 |
Re-visits | 159 | 237 | 154 | 371 | 502 | 518 | 380 | 136 | 142 | 140 | 764 | 371 | 481 | 492 | 151 | 112 | 305 | 252 | 374 | 57 | 560 | 246 | 9 | 362 | 379 | 166 | 449 | 581 | 143 | 648 | 641 | 10325 |
Children 2—5 years— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 2 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 72 | 1 | - | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 25 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 263 |
Re-visits | 232 | 495 | 149 | 311 | 596 | 593 | 627 | 89 | 199 | 208 | 905 | 451 | 565 | 282 | 243 | 128 | 542 | 441 | 645 | 70 | 668 | 317 | 6 | 293 | 398 | 300 | 679 | 917 | 263 | 813 | 1004 | 13429 |
Expectant Mothers— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 86 | 94 | 36 | 117 | 112 | 103 | 63 | 16 | 141 | 99 | 156 | 97 | 112 | 84 | 19 | 60 | 23 | 74 | 75 | 26 | 94 | 63 | - | 68 | 94 | 109 | 142 | 111 | 85 | 71 | 85 | 2515 |
Re-visits | 9 | 6 | — | - | 3 | — | 34 | - | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 19 | — | 6 | — | 4 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | - | 2 | - | 169 |
Still Births | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 | |
Deaths under I year | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 57 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 1 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | - | - | 8 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 11 | - | 14 | 11 | 44 | 18 | 13 | - | 102 | 46 | 55 | 25 | 61 | 22 | 57 | 27 | 701 |
Ineffective Visits | 161 | 349 | 368 | 404 | 437 | 389 | 216 | 138 | 232 | 318 | 584 | 509 | 609 | 217 | 91 | 141 | 282 | 788 | 456 | 112 | 693 | 224 | 13 | 445 | 569 | 374 | 331 | 464 | 412 | 673 | 709 | 11711 |
Totals : 1948 | 937 | 1896 | 1052 | 1967 | 2532 | 2960 | 2121 | 592 | 1209 | 1390 | 3668 | 2179 | 2715 | 2516 | 793 | 673 | 1636 | 2215 | 2389 | 454 | 2859 | 1403 | 33 | 2305 | 2572 | 1709 | 2427 | 2999 | 1239 | 3058 | 3626 | 60122 |
1947 | 1150 | 218 | 467 | 2097 | 2856 | 2497 | 1779 | 3944 | 2007 | 1880 | 3224 | - | 1378 | 2813 | 3856 | 278 | - | - | 707 | 205 | 2525 | 1328 | 1568 | 996 | - | 2066 | 2044 | 3098 | 1333 | 3151 | 1880 | 58158 |
*Including Health Visitors who left during 1947
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