Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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Table H. Health Visitors. The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the year 1919:—
X | Whole Borough. | Bermondsey Wards. | Rotherhithe Wards. | St. Olave Ward. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | St. John. | St. Olave. | St. Thomas | ||
Births Notified:— | — | — | |||||||||||
By Guy's Hospital | 992 | 243 | 264 | 202 | 6 | 3 | 174 | 2 | ... | ... | 61 | 22 | 15 |
„ Midwives | 1,239 | 65 | 68 | 141 | 189 | 163 | 79 | 218 | 180 | 63 | 56 | 13 | 4 |
„ Doctors | 448 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 48 | 38 | 24 | 64 | 121 | 42 | 21 | 3 | 3 |
„ParentsParents | 247 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 1 | ... | ... |
TOTAL | 2,926 | 329 | 365 | 414 | 307 | 219 | 291 | 299 | 355 | 148 | 139 | 38 | 22 |
VISITS:- | Whole Borough. | DISTRICTS. | Attendances at Classes for Mothers. | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Town Hall. | Abbeyfield Road. | Trinity Road. | |||||||
Ante-natal | 331 | 127 | 149 | 41 | 14 | ||||||||
Births (first) | 2,600 | 699 | 771 | 642 | 488 | 2,003 | 2,138 | 643 | |||||
„ (subsequent) | 2,819 | 516 | 566 | 561 | 1,176 | ||||||||
Measles (first) | 473 | 103 | 106 | 196 | 68 | ||||||||
„ (subsequent) | 214 | 35 | 77 | 69 | 33 | District No. 1 Miss Islip „ „ 2 „ Sumner „ „ 3 „ Bache „ „ 4 „ Carlton | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (first) | 52 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 9 | ||||||||
„ „ (subsequent) | 38 | 1 | ... | 15 | 22 | ||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||
Influenzal Pneumonia (first) | 88 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 19 | ||||||||
„ „ (subsequent) | 11 | 2 | 3 | ... | 6 | ||||||||
Polio-Myelitis | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||||||||
Diarrhœa | 25 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Various | 1,578 | 386 | 545 | 350 | 297 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 8,238 | 1,898 | 2,270 | 1,929 | 2,141 |