London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wood Green 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Without their valuable assistance it would have been impossible
to carry on the work with such a degree of success.
The Clothing Club, which was started last year, still continues
and is much appreciated by the mothers attending the Centres.
Towards the close of the year the Council considered the question of a Lady Doctor to attend the various centres, and by the time that this report is in print, I have no doubt that she will be at work.
| Number of Births Registered within the district | 1164 |
| Number of Births Notified within the district (Notifications equal to 87.11 per cent. of Births registered within the district.) | 1020 |
| Number of visits paid to homes (birth cases) | 2158 |
| Number of visits paid to homes (pre-natal cases) | 183 |
| Enquiries into deaths of children (under one year) | 40 |
| Number of visits paid to homes (1 to 5 years) | 2514 |
| Enquiries into Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 |
| Special visits | 261 |
| Special visits to Puerperal Fever cases | 2 |