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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
Hammersmith 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923
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Visitor should be responsible. Even 400 per visitor spread
over so large an area as 700 acres is, in my opinion, too many.
This number in a smaller and more compact district
could possibly be efficiently visited and supervised.
The appointment of more Health Visitors is, in my
opinion, an urgent matter, if the infant mortality is to be
reduced and the lives of the children saved.
INFANTILE MORTALITY—HEALTH VISITORS.
| Boroughs. | Number of Births, 1923. | Infant Death Rate. | Health Visitors. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1923. | Municipal. | Voluntary. | Total. | ||
| County of London | 91,662 | 129 | 60 | — | — | — |
| Hampstead | 1,238 | 94 | 42 | 3 | 3 | |
| Lambeth | 6,242 | 115 | 43 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| Lewisham | 3,297 | 92 | 43 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Woolwich | 2,867 | 102 | 43 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Stoke Newington | 960 | 122 | 46 | 3 | — | 3 |
| City of Westminster | 1,752 | 114 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Battersea | 3,434 | 131 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Wandsworth | 5,474 | 119 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Camberwell | 5,657 | 124 | 57 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Chelsea | 1,015 | 117 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hackney | 4,433 | 129 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Deptford | 2,428 | 122 | 59 | 6 | — | 6 |
| City of London | 111 | 149 | 60 | No information. | ||
| Greenwich | 2,119 | 119 | 60 | 5½ | — | 5½ |
| Poplar | 4,256 | 153 | 60 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Finsbury | 1,845 | 127 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| St. Pancras | 4,367 | 135 | 63 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| Stepney | 5,913 | 141 | 63 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Fulham | 3,123 | 144 | 64 | 5 | l½ | 6½ |
| Hammersmith | 2,701 | 135 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| St. Marylebone | 1,657 | 88 | 66 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Islington | 7,117 | 125 | 66 | 7 | ? | 7 |
| Southwark | 4,558 | 148 | 68 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Bethnal Green | 2,880 | 151 | 69 | 9 | — | 9 |
| Paddington | 2,617 | 123 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Kensington | 3,121 | 144 | 70 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Bermondsey | 3,020 | 148 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Holborn | 593 | 92 | 79 | 1⅔ | — | l⅔ |
| Shoreditch | 2,864 | 167 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 7 |