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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

Islington 1918

Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1918]
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WELFARE WORK BY HEALTH VISITORS.
For the purpose of carrying out this work, the borough was divided into
two districts, i.e., the part of Islington north of the Great Northern Railway,
which is called the Northern District, and that south of the railway, which is
known as the Southern District. To each a Health Visitor is appointed.

Table: The work performed by the two Health Visitors, during the year 1918, is set out in the following summary :—

The work performed by the two Health Visitors, during the year 1918, is set out in the following summary :—

Northern District.Southern District.Total.
Investigations.Calls.Investigations.Calls.Investigations.Calls.
Measles (notifications)12003477515691951916
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (notifications)2964227151135
Diarrhoea and Dysentery -(infant deaths)1...718818
Chicken Pox -1...1...2...
Small Pox...21...34...55
Births (notified)8315698792243
Complaints {re Welfare of Infants) ...35311616
Afternoons at Maternity Centres28...5...33...
Visits to Welfare Centres...9...8...17
Do. re Supply of Free Milk -42721462573
Do. re Supply of Free Doctors423476
Other investigations831...46877
Totals136166282289421831556
MEASLES.
Contacts in Borough112246
Close Contacts1958