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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

Mitcham 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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19
Health Visiting
There are five health visitors employed in visiting the
mothers and children in this district. The Superintendent Health
Visitor is responsible for the general supervision of the welfare
centres, ante-natal clinics, etc., and also does the visiting of
tuberculous patients and acts as Infant Life Protection Visitor.

Table: Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, 1942

Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, 1942

ParticularsPark RoadSt. BarnabasChurch BoadSherwood HouseTotal
Number of new cases registered during year of— Children under one year of age168210221221820
Children over one year and under five years of age50573631174
Number of children in attendance at end of year—
Under one year of age147193199177716
Over one and under five years of age2534993862881426
Total attendances of children under one year of age252030123086320311821
Total attendances of children over one year of age1067139098812434688
Total attendances at centres358744024074444616509
Average attendances at centres73.284.675.583.879.2
Percentage of infants under one year of age attending centres of the total live births............85.4

Table: Visits Paid by Health Visitors

Visits Paid by Health Visitors

ParticularsNo.
Primary ante-natal visits171
Subsequent ante-natal visits90
Primary birth visits847
Subsequent visits to infants2,362
Visits to children over one and under five years of age4,355
Visits re stillbirths18
Visits re deaths of infants under one year of age24
Visits re cases of ophthalmia neonatorum8
Visits re eases of puerperal pyrexia4
Primary visits to cases of tuberculosis116
Subsequent visits to cases of tuberculosis344
Special visits, and infant life protection visits277
Infectious disease visits238
Total8,854