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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

Lewisham 1915

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915

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WORK OF WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS
AND HEALTH VISITOR.

Table: The following is a summary of investigations or inspections carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitor during 1915 :—

The following is a summary of investigations or inspections carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitor during 1915 :—

Miss Jones.Miss Barke.Miss Watson.Total.
Re Schools9l-10
„ School Notifications8044213287
„ Measles8318754324
„ Measles deaths94—13
„ Chicken-pox—3—3
„ Puerperal fever3216
„ Ophthalmia Neonatorum76619
„ Polio-Myelitis2——2
„ Birth notifications7254174471589
„ Re-visits to „11643276435
,, Infant mortality48182894
On complaint2113—34
To Factories810—18
„ Workshops34093—433
„ Workplaces207—27
„ Laundries9425—119
„ Outworkers' homes37352—425
Re-visits and re-inspections23072—302
Miscellaneous visits37311987
Total2155102810444227
Nuisances found9145136
Intimations served5841—99
Statutory notices served411—15
Abstract not affixed117—18
Overcrowded workrooms12—3