London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Deptford 1914

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: The distribution of visits in the different wards was as follows:-

The distribution of visits in the different wards was as follows:-

E.N.N.W.S.S.E.S.W.Total
Miss O'RiordanVisits 16167031623452971674
Revisits12118331494553091868
Total282715363118006063542
Miss Day (Jan. to July 29th)Visits559-----559
Revisits787-----787
Total1346-----1346
Miss StoneVisits230666156-16-1068
Revisits225733267---1225
Total4551399423-16-2293
Miss Tug well (Dec. 21st to 31st)Visits-51----51
Revisits-26----26
Total-77----77
Totals9507238591623612973352
Revisits113376011001494553093906
Total2083148319593118166067258

Table: The following visits are included in the above table:—

The following visits are included in the above table:—

1st visits2nd visitsTotal
Births222717593986
Tuberculosis43315752008
Verminous Children316461777
Ophthalmia Neonatorum162541
Infant Deaths77—77
Miscellaneous28386369
335239067258

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The number of births notified under the Notification of Births
Act during this period was 3002. 141 parents had to be written to on
account of the failure to comply with the Act, and in one case a second
letter was necessary, making a total of 142 letters sent.
In the following table, information will be found with regard to
the births notified in the different wards, together with the sex,
whether born alive or dead, and by whom the birth was notified:—

Table:

Ward.Births Notified.Alive.Dead.By whom Notified.
Total.Males.FemalesParent.Doctor. MidwifeOther Person.
East667343324648198966 50210
North75939436574217198224 30532
Nth.-west79739340477720323195 , 22752
South1789286173511243 1310
Sth-East26813513326179256 10614
Sth-'W est3331741593221114070 10122
Totals ..300215311471292379954654 1254140