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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
Willesden 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Births are visited after the expiry of ten days, and a
booklet on Infant Care and Feeding is given and explained
to the mother. 2,464 births were visited during 1915.
Revisits are made in cases in which the condition of the
child on the first visit appears unsatisfactory.
Table No. 42 shows the number of revisits paid during each of the last four years.
Table No. 42.
| Year. | No. of re-visits made to cases requiring same under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915. |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 180 |
| 1913 | 976 |
| 1914 | 1,052 |
| 1915 | 926 |
Report of Health Visitor in Attendance at The
Babies' Welcome, Lower Place.—Since October the
Babies' Welcome has been held on Wednesday afternoons,
in the Medical Inspection Room of Lower Place School, this
being larger and more convenient than the small kitchen
previously used. It is attended on an average by 28
mothers and 26 babies, and is much appreciated by the
mothers, as is shown by the numbers being double those
attending at the same time last year.
With few exceptions, the babies attending are those
whose mothers have been advised to give them Glaxo, which
is sold to them.
The work is limited, as formerly, to weighing the
child, enquiring as to its condition since the last visit, and
advising accordingly, selling the Glaxo required, and
giving the mother a cup of tea and biscuits.
Any mother whose baby shows signs of ill-health is
advised to take it to a hospital or doctor.
M. S. Wilkinson.