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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Edmonton 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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THE WOMEN INSPECTORS AND THEIR WORK.
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1914. The bulk of their work falls into four correspondingly
large divisions, viz. :■—•
1. The crusade against preventible infantile mortality ;
2. The wofk done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.
3. The visitation of consumptives and other tubercular persons.
4. The visitation of scholars at home, when suffering from the
non-notifiable infectious diseases.

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Month.After Births.Re-visits.After 6 months.Neglected Infants.After Deaths.Diarrhœal Diseases.
January3718...3...
February10111...1...
March20116.........
April33...8.........
May12...8...1...
June150211...3...
July74..........5
August79152*......18
September123...7...1015
October2714...31
November.........1...
December8...2.........
Totals5737 /127...2239

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'Schools closed and Miss Playne (the School Nurse) assisting as Junior Inspector.

Table: INSPECTIONS under FACTORY & WORKSHOP ACTS.

INSPECTIONS under FACTORY & WORKSHOP ACTS.

Month.Factories.Workshops.Laundries.Outworkers.
January...8921
February............
March.........5
April...153
May...245
June...5...102
July...2...7
August...16886
September...3124
October1......15
November.........71
December...47146
Totals24134485

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Workrooms measured up 5. Laundries measured up 0.