Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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HEALTH VISITORS REPORT.
DISTRICT | Mile End, S.W. | Rateliffe, Shad well, St. George's | Mile End South West. | St. George's, North | Mde End, S.E. | Mile End, North East | Milu End Central and Limehouse, W | Wapping | Whitechapel and Spitalfields | Limehouse South. | Limehouae, North. | Mile End | Total |
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NAME | Miss Addis (8 months) | Miss Balley | Miss Brazier (9 months) | Miss Clements | Miss Cordwell | Miss Foucar | Miss Gibbs | Miss Goodlellow | Miss Mitchell | Miss Palce (9 months) | Miss Styles | Miss Whitty | |
Primary | 171 | 562 | 346 | 220 | 283 | 230 | 364 | 155 | 474 | 169 | 413 | 279 | 3,666 |
Revisits:— | |||||||||||||
To infants under 1 year | 73 | 292 | 141 | 463 | 736 | 539 | 796 | 919 | 350 | 484 | 393 | 367 | 5,553 |
To children between 1-5 years | 61 | 928 | 287 | 1,199 | 1,222 | 1,206 | 1,380 | 1,285 | 525 | 1,265 | 1,320 | 966 | 11,644 |
Ante-natal:— | |||||||||||||
Primary | 43 | 35 | 81 | 66 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 54 | 154 | 55 | 26 | 106 | 657 |
subsequent | 7 | 17 | - | 8 | — | — | 8 | 174 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 259 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 2 | 5 | - | — | — | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
„ Pyrexia | - | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 35 |
Measles | 56 | 106 | 61 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 32 | 9 | 26 | 49 | 53 | 27 | 494 |
Miscellaneous | 213 | 463 | 567 | 520 | 503 | 453 | 227 | 509 | 427 | 170 | 223 | 566 | 4,841 |
Total | 617 | 2,395 | 1,510 | 2,479 | 2,769 | 2,494 | 2,830 | 2,942 | 2,143 | 2,214 | 2,443 | 2,344 | 27,180 |
CENTRES ATTENDED:- | |||||||||||||
Municipal | 11 | 203 | 129 | 207 | 49 | 108 | 14 | 133 | 148 | 124 | 200 | 122 | 1,448 |
Voluntary | - | 5 | — | 2 | 91 | 89 | 128 | 14 | - | - | 2 | - | 331 |
Total | 11 | 208 | 129 | 209 | 140 | 197 | 142 | 147 | 148 | 124 | 202 | 122 | 1,779 |