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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
Greenwich 1919
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919
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Measles. Nine hundred and twenty-five cases of Measles were
notified during the year, and 1,000 visits were paid to these cases
by the different Health Visitors. Fuller details respecting the
incidence of the cases will be found in the portion of this report
Healing with infectious diseases generally.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
Date of adoption—17th March, 1909.
Misses Millington, Reid and Molloy have carried out the duties
of Health Visitors, making' the necessary visitations under the
above Act, and also have dealt with the cases of Diarrhoea occurring
in their districts.
There has been a rise in the Infantile Mortality in St. Nicholas and Kidbrooke, whilst East Greenwich, West Greenwich and Charlton have improved in that respect.
| Visits paid in reference to Births | 1,690 |
| Re-visits „ „ | 1,189 |
| Visits „ L.C.C. Scabies Cases | 100 |
| Re-visits „ „ „ | 91 |
| Visits „ L.C.C. Verminous Complaints | 32 |
| Revisits „ „ „ | 25 |
| Visits „ Ante-Natal Cases | 108 |
| Re-visits „ „ | 2 |
| Visits „ Measles | 979 |
| Re-visits „ „ | 21 |
| Visits „ Puerperal Fever | 4 |
| Re-visits „ „ | 2 |
| Visits „ Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 |
| Re-visits ,, „ | 65 |
| Visits „ Whooping Cough | 105 |
| „ „ Influenza | 41 |
| „ „ Diarrhœa | 149 |
| Re-visits „ „ | 6 |
| Miscellaneous Enquiries made | 240 |
| 4,872 | |
| Infant Consultations, Ante-Natal Clinics, etc., attended, | 439 |