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Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1931.
Visits.
Re-visits.
Total.
Birth enquiries
1793
10298
12091
Still-birth enquiries
43
—
43
Visits re deaths under 1 year
79
—
79
„ „ 1 to 5 years
35
—
35
Visits to expectant mothers
984
459
1443
„ re Ophthalmia Neonatorum
38
30
68
„ re Measles
55
57
112
„ re Suspected Measles
18
—
18
„ re Infantile Diarrhœa
25
8
33
„ re Puerperal Fever
4
4
8
„ re „ Pyrexia
14
8
22
„ re Pneumonia
26
14
40
„ re Encephalitis Lethargica
—
1
1
„ re Poliomyelitis
1
—
1
„ re Whooping Cough
214
144
358
„ re Scabies
15
8
23
„ re Verminous Children
14
6
20
„ re Scarlet Fever recoveries
233
25
258
Miscellaneous visits
517
58
575
Unsuccessful visits
830
864
1694
Total
4,938
11,984
16,922
In the case of the 1,793 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,608 infants were being breast-fed and 60 partly breast-fed.
Only 125 were entirely hand-fed.
Attendances of Health Visitors at Clinics.
Health Visitor.
Infant
Welfare.
AnteNatal.
Light.
Schick.
Dental.
Total.
Miss Robus
108
12
16
—
—
136
Miss Little
101
4
18
1
1
125
Miss O'Loughlin
111
—
—
—
45
156
Miss Smart
108
6
—
—
—
114
Miss Stowell
111
7
1
-
—
119
Miss Reynolds
133
11
—
—
—
144
Miss Holland
54
1
168
—
—
223
Miss Clubbe
197
190
73
15
—
475
Miss Gibson
(part time)
193
52
—
—
—
245
Total
1,116
283
276
16
46
1,737