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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
Bethnal Green 1919
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919
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The following amount was distributed free to necessitous cases:—
| The following amount was distributed free to necessitous cases:— | |
| Fresh Milk | 1,073 gals. |
| Dried Milk | 1,680 lbs. |
| Condensed Milk | 271 tins. |
together with drugs, etc.
The cost of fresh milk, food and drugs given to
necessitous cases was £376 8s. 11½d.
Each necessitous case was carefully investigated
before assistance was given, and the usual amount
given was 2 lbs. of dried milk per week to each case.
SUMMARY OF VISITS PAID BY HEALTH VISITORS DURING 1919.
| SUMMARY OF VISITS PAID BY HEALTH VISITORS DURING 1919. | |
| Births (first visits) | 2,874 |
| ,, (re-visits) | 8,245 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 99 |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 |
| Measles | 985 |
| Diarrhœa | 5 |
| School Complaints | 832 |
| Special Matters | 627 |
| Futile Visits | 661 |
| Tuberculosis | 3,194 |
| Total Visits Paid | 17,538 |