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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1934.
Enquiries re | Visits. | Re-visits. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Births | 1588 | 11721 | 13309 |
Still-births | 41 | 41 | |
Infant deaths | 156 | — | 156 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 33 | 60 |
Measles | 686 | 687 | 1373 |
Suspected Measles | 90 | 1 | 91 |
Infant Diarrhoea | 44 | 23 | 67 |
Pneumonia | 41 | 69 | 110 |
Whooping Cough | 172 | 112 | 284 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 12 | 13 |
Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever recoveries | 109 | 13 | 122 |
Scabies | 27 | 16 | 43 |
Visits to Foster Children | 17 | 112 | 129 |
Miscellaneous visits | 151 | 7 | 158 |
Total (under 5 years) | 3,151 | 12,807 | 15,958 |
Measles | 513 | 339 | 852 |
Suspected Measles | 31 | 8 | 39 |
Scarlet Fever recoveries | 162 | 14 | 176 |
Whooping Cough | 107 | 47 | 154 |
Scabies | 40 | 39 | 79 |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Visits to Foster Children | 5 | 63 | 68 |
Miscellaneous visits | 423 | 54 | 477 |
Total (over 5 years) | 1287 | 571 | 1858 |
To expectant mothers | 1040 | 411 | 1451 |
To Puerperal Fever or Pyrexia | 11 | 9 | 20 |
Maternal death | 3 | - | 3 |
To Common Lodging Houses | 16 | 52 | 68 |
Total other visits | 1,070 | 472 | 1,542 |
Unsuccessful visits | 909 | 1241 | 2150 |
Totals | 6,417 | 15,091 | 21,508 |
In the case of the 1,588 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,427 infants were being breast-fed and 68 partly breast-fed.
Only 93 were entirely hand-fed.