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Hackney 1920

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920

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Miss M.
Chitson
Mrs. A.
Rhodes
Miss K.
Fisher
MissD.F.
Vidal
Mrs. L. E.
Bartholomew
Miss A.
Roche
Mrs.E.A.
Cowley
Miss K.
Teebay
Mrs. L.
Harrison
Totals
2.—Health Visiting.
The following table gives details of the visits made by the
Council's Health Visitors during the year:—
Number of visits to infants
under 1 year of age
615
526
436
221
169
96
564
527
664
3,818
Number of visits to children
1-5 years of age
289
177
224
153
53
334
124
595
71
2,020
Number of secondary visits
to infants and children
822
888
739
230
200
316
368
595
746
4,904
Total number of infants and
children visited
1,726
1,591
1,399
604
422
746
1,056
1,717
1,481
10,742
Number of visits to Measles
cases
70
172
190
-
-
-
97
117
90
736
Number of visits to Pneumonia
cases
20
16
18
1
-
3
7
11
10
86
Number of visits to Ophthalmia
Neonatorum cases
4
11
11
3
4
6
4
6
49
Number of special visits
324
286
235
92
149
114
319
353
108
1,980
Total number of visits paid
during the year
2.144
2,076
1,853
700
575
863
1,485
2,202
1,695
13,593
Total number of Clinics attended
during the year
121
111
151
37
33
24
122
93
110