Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The distribution of visits in the different wards was as follows:—
E. | N. | N.W. | S. | S.E. | S.W. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss O'Riordan | Visits | 3 | 153 | 845 | 186 | 379 | 353 | 1919 |
Revisits | 4 | 163 | 822 | 193 | 432 | 223 | 1837 | |
Total | 7 | 316 | 1667 | 379 | 811 | 576 | 3756 | |
Miss Smart | Visits | 1456 | 15 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1474 |
Revisits | 1909 | 14 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 1991 | |
Total | 3425 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3465 | |
Mrs. Davies | Visits | 2 | 894 | 132 | — | — | 1028 | |
Revisits | 2 | 1419 | 247 | — | — | — | 1668 | |
Total | 4 | 2313 | 379 | — | — | — | 2696 | |
Totals | Visits | 1461 | 1062 | 977 | 186 | 380 | 355 | 4421 |
Revisits | 1975 | 1596 | 1070 | 198 | 432 | 225 | 5496 | |
Total | 3436 | 2658 | 2047 | 384 | 812 | 580 | 9917 |
The following visits are included in the above table
1st visits | 2nd visits | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Births | 2964 | 3025 | 5989 |
T ubercutosis | 512 | 1623 | 2135 |
Verminous Children | 280 | 693 | 963 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 45 | 56 |
Infant Deaths | 345 | — | 345 |
Miscellaneous | 309 | 120 | 429 |
4421 | 5496 | 9917 |
The number of births notified under the Notification of Births
Act during this period was 3014. 137 parents had to be warned in
respect of their failure to comply with the Act.
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:—
Ward. | Births Notified. | Alive. | Dead. | By whom Notified. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Males. | Females | Parent. | Doctor, | Midwife | Other Person. | |||
East | 701 | 333 | 368 | 678 | 23 | 92 | 67 | 530 | 12 |
North | 749 | 405 | 344 | 725 | 24 | 166 | 257 | 292 | 34 |
Nth.-west | 717 | 350 | 367 | 701 | 16 | 272 | 224 | 173 | 48 |
South | 190 | 108 | 82 | 187 | 3 | 104 | 47 | 18 | 21 |
Sth-East | 291 | 152 | 139 | 281 | 10 | 110 | 63 | 99 | 19 |
Sth-West | 366 | 176 | 190 | 355 | 11 | 195 | 65 | 88 | 18 |
Totals | 3041 | 1524 | 1490 | 2927 | 87 | 939 | 723 | 1200 | 152 |