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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 1916

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: 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:—

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.DeadBy whom Notified.
Total.MalesFemalesParent.DoctorMidwifeOther Person.
East68433335166222789549620
North692345347683916724225726
Nth-west7388943447221628521919440
South2101021082064101682620
Sth-East2841401442777976410617
Sth-West3561781783479187806524
Totals2964149214722897679107631144147

Table: Details as to the feeding of the babies visited is given below. "Mixed feeding" means both breast and hand-fed.

Details as to the feeding of the babies visited is given below. "Mixed feeding" means both breast and hand-fed.

Wards.Breast Feeding.Mixed Feeding.Hand Feeding.Totals.
East4813033544
North6081827653
North-West5593151641
South1452021186
South-East2232226271
South-West2231922264
22391401802559

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The duties of the Health Visitors were fully explained in the
Report of 1915, and it is perhaps sufficient to add that this work is
being energetically continued.
A new Municipal Centre for Infant Consultations was opened in
the North-West Ward towards the close of the year and already there
is evidence that larger accommodation will be required. At present
negotiations have been opened with the Albany Institute for the
provision of hospital beds in the Babies' Home of that institution.
Much remains to be done in the direction of ante-natal work, and
as there is an increasing number of expectant mothers coming forward
each year, there is ample scope for the employment of additional
Health Visitors for this part of the work alone.
As regards medical attendance the Medical Officer of Health and
the Tuberculosis Officer attend the Town Hall Centres each week, but
it has not been found posssible to give the same attention to the