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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
Bermondsey 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913
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Health Visitors. The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the year under report:—
| Whole Borough. | Bermondsey Wards. | Rotherhithe Wards. | St. Olave Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | St. John. | St. Olave. | St. Thomas. | ||
| Births Notified— | |||||||||||||
| By Guy's Hospital | 1465 | 407 | 398 | 259 | 6 | 2 | 230 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 38 | 38 |
| By Midwives | 781 | 25 | 17 | 77 | 120 | 126 | 58 | 190 | 107 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| By Doctors | 1074 | 16 | 36 | 133 | 208 | 171 | 33 | 186 | 182 | 68 | 36 | ... | 5 |
| By Parents | 457 | 20 | 33 | 45 | 62 | 23 | 15 | 31 | 135 | 76 | 14. | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 3777 | 463 | 484 | 514 | 396 | 322 | 336 | 414 | 425 | 179 | 144 | 44 | 51 |
| Visits—Miss Nuttall:— | |||||||||||||
| Births (first) | 1467 | 334 | 378 | 330 | 26 | ... | 252 | ... | ... | ... | 90 | 23 | 34 |
| Births (subsequent) | 106 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 4 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Phthisis (first) | 538 | 116 | 137 | 135 | 26 | 6 | 82 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 9 | 6 |
| Phthisis (subsequent) | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 37 | 8 | 5 | 10 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Various | 198 | 40 | 35 | 50 | 1 | ... | 31 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 14 | 6 |
| Total | 2401 | 522 | 601 | 564 | 59 | 11 | 396 | ... | ... | 146 | 53 | 49 | |
| Visits—Mrs. Croke:— | |||||||||||||
| Births (first) | 1186 | ... | ... | ... | 195 | 194 | 25 | 327 | 202 | 243 | ... | ... | ... |
| Births (subsequent) | 124 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 27 | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis (first) | 680 | ... | ... | ... | 98 | 116 | 16 | 187 | 127 | 136 | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis (subsequent) | 77 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 17 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever. | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 8 | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 48 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Various | 157 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 23 | 31 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 2280 | ... | ... | ... | 363 | 378 | 56 | 622 | 395 | 466 | ... | ... | ... |
Number of babies breast fed ... 2,564. Number of babies bottle fed ... 63.
Number of babies fed otherwise (e.g. spoon) ... 2. Total ... 2,629.
* Type of feeding bottle used : —Boat shape, 59 ; long tube, 6.