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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

Deptford 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1929.

Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1929.

Visits.Re-visits.Total.
Birth enquiries1871819210063
Still-birth enquiries54-54
Visits re deaths under 1 year120-120
„ ,, 1 to 5 years58-58
Visits to expectant mothers7612771038
,, re Ophthalmia Neonatorum244367
,, re Measles26293355
,, re Infantile Diarrhœa322557
., re Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia729
,, re Pneumonia362965
,, re Encephalitis Lethargica—1212
,, re Poliomyelitis268
,, re Erysipelas347
,, re Cerebro-spinal Meningitis112
,, re. Influenza6-6
„ re Scabies141731
„ re Verminous Children15520
,, re Scarlet Fever recoveries34348391
Miscellaneous visits45740497
Unsuccessful visits6897341423
Total4,7559,52814,283

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In the case of the 1,871 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,699 infants were being breast-fed and 64 partly breast fed.
Only 108 were entirely hand-fed.
2. Welfare Centres.
(a) Infant Welfare. There were, during 1929, seven Centres
located in different parts of the Borough. One of these was a voluntary
centre although the medical and nursing staff was provided by the
Borough Council. At all the Centres, the work of those ladies who
assist in a voluntary capacity is greatly appreciated and very helpful.