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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 1923

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS.The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:-

SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS.

The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:-

1st visitsRe-visitsTotal
Births23491220414553
Still Births53154
Infant Deaths1433146
Expectant Mothers435369804
Ophthalmia Neonatorum193049
Measles365513878
Infantile Diarrhoea323668
Scabies in children5510
Verminous Children15520
Puerperal Fever729
Pneumonia233053
Miscellaneous5286534
Unsuccessful visits53912761815
Scarlet Fever recoveries248185433
Whooping cough71421
Poliomyelitis1—1
Erysipelas213
Totals4,77114,68019,451

Table: Births Notified, Year 1923.

Births Notified, Year 1923.

Ward.Births Notified.Alive.Dead.By whom Notified.
Total.MaleFemale.Parent.Doctor.Midwifeother Person.
East5322732595239511093666
North4853302554805542192102
North-west43922721242415791412145
South4112131984065721112244
South-east222104118215749659711
South-west243120123237679481097
233211671165228547384693122035

Table: Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 7,961 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children.

During the year 7,961 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

Granted free5730
„ at half-price2200
Refused29
Grants at hall-price refused by applicant2
7,961