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 1920
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Table H.
Health Visitors.
The following tables show the work done by the Health Visitors during the year 1920: —
The first table is for the first 6 months, and the second table for the remaining 6 months. The method of reporting
the work of the Health Visitors was altered in June.
Bermondsey Wards.
Rotherhithe Wards.
St. Olave Ward.
Whole
Borough.
St. Olave.
St. Thomas
1
2
3
4
5
6
St, John.
1
2
3
88
1
1
76
...
...
9
11
109
Births Notified: —
By Guy's Hospital
468
152
21
...
21
26
68
39
28
5
1
„ Midwives
604
26
55
95
112
128
28
10
1
„ Doctors
238
7
14
30
27
34
43
36
7
1
5
177
11
50
36
9
26
21
1
„ Parents
9
8
...
96
14
1,487
142
201
184
173
120
137
TOTAL
177
171
57
15
DISTRICTS.
January to December.
Whole
Borough.
VISITS:-
2
3
4
5
Attendances at Classes for Mothers.
1
102
24
29
31
18
2
Ante-natal
Abbeyfield
Road.
Town
Hall.
Trinity
Road.
Births (first)
1,385
398
353
333
301
40
74
„ (subsequent)
493
51
48
320
169
Measles (first)
8
20
39
15
...
82
5,667
1,283
6,158
„ (subsequent)
30
...
19
3
8
...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (first)
9
3
4
1
...
1
„ „ (subsequent)
4
...
4
...
...
...
Oxley
Street.
...
Roseberry
Street.
Puerperal Fever
2
1
1
...
...
Influenzal Pneumonia (first)
...
...
...
...
...
...
„ „ (subsequent)
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,993
799
Polio-Myelitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa
Various
...
...
...
...
388
110
142
42
94
...
Various
2,495
211
593
531
614
546
Health Visitors. The following tables show the work done by the Health Visitors during the year 1920:— The first table is for the first 6 months, and the second table for the remaining 6 months. The method of reporting the work of the Health Visitors was altered in June.
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 | 468 | 109 | 152 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 76 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 9 | 11 |
„ Midwives | 604 | 21 | 26 | 55 | 95 | 112 | 26 | 128 | 68 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 1 |
„ Doctors | 238 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
„ Parents | 177 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 21 | 1 | ... | 1 |
TOTAL | 1,487 | 142 | 201 | 184 | 173 | 177 | 120 | 171 | 137 | 96 | 57 | 15 | 14 |
VISITS:- | Whole Borough. | DISTRICTS. | January to December. | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Attendances at Classes for Mothers. | ||||||||
Ante-natal | 102 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 2 | Town Hall. | Abbeyfield Road. | Trinity Road. | ||||
Births (first) | 1,385 | 398 | 353 | 333 | 301 | 40 | |||||||
„ (subsequent) | 493 | 51 | 48 | 74 | 320 | 169 | |||||||
Measles (first) | 82 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 15 | ... | 5,667 | 6,158 | 1,283 | ||||
„ (subsequent) | 30 | ... | 19 | 3 | 8 | ... | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (first) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | |||||||
„ „ (subsequent) | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | Roseberry Street. | Oxley Street. | |||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||
Influenzal Pneumonia (first) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
„ „ (subsequent) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 799 | 1,993 | |||||
Diarrhœa Various | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
Various | 388 | 110 | 142 | 42 | 94 | ... | |||||||
TOTAL | 2,495 | 593 | 614 | 531 | 546 | 211 |