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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
Enfield 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table gives particulars of the work done by the
Health Visitors during the year.
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| Town, Chase and Hadley. | Bush Hill Park. | Ordnance. | Ponders End. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Notification Visits | 238 | 230 | 263 | 242 | 973 | |||||||||
| Ditto Re-visits | 464 | 667 | 519 | 791 | 2,441 | |||||||||
| Children, 1-5 years. Visits | 1,367 | 1,516 | 1,540 | 1,543 | 5,966 | |||||||||
| Visits re Insanitary Conditions | 14 | 2 | - | 1 | 17 | |||||||||
| General Visits | 324 | 69 | 59 | 98 | 550 | |||||||||
| Ante-Natal Visits | 143 | 150 | 109 | 195 | 597 | |||||||||
| Post-Natal Visits | — | 158 | 29 | 21 | 208 | |||||||||
| Blank Visits | 300 | 153 | 65 | 140 | 658 | |||||||||
| Infectious Disease Visits | 34 | 134 | 93 | 76 | 337 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum Visits | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever Visits | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia Visits | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Visits re Foster Children | 18 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 96 | |||||||||
| Totals | 2,903 | 3,103 | 2,707 | 3,136 | 11,849 | |||||||||
| Feeding. | Town, Chase and Hadley | % | Bush Hill Park | % | Ordnance | % | Ponders End! | % | Totals | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural | 208 | 87 | 205 | 89 | 240 | 91 | 210 | 86 | 863 | 88 |
| Artificial | 30 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 109 | 11 |
| Mixed | — | — | — | — | 1 | .4 | - | — | 1 | .1 |
| Separate Cot | 223 | 93 | 208 | 90 | 207 | 78 | 224 | 92 | 862 | 88 |
Number of Births notified 1,126, which includes 263 born
outside the district, 86.4 per cent of which were visited.