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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
Bermondsey 1928
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1928
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TABLE II.—HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during the nine months ended 31st December, 1928 :—
| Health Visitors | No. of District | Births Notified | First Visits | Re-visits | Ante-natal | Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Other Visits | Attendances at Centres | Health Talks | Reports to M.O.H. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | ||||||||||
| Miss Mercer | 1 | 106 | 137 | 1764 | 86 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 83 | 136 | 16 | – |
| Miss White | 2 | – | 125 | 2213 | 169 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 54 | 88 | 5 | – |
| Miss Child | 3 | 127 | 146 | 1750 | 261 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 294 | 157 | 42 | – |
| St. George's Hall | 4 | 46 | 51 | 430 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 23 | 10 | – |
| Princess Club | 5 | 111 | 136 | 1494 | 92 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 241 | 342 | 29 | – |
| Miss Helden | 6 | 121 | 108 | 1698 | 208 | 2 | 5 | – | – | 265 | 150 | 84 | – |
| Mrs. Cottier | 7 | 148 | 179 | 2480 | 29 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 39 | 158 | 19 | – |
| Fulford Street | 8 | 173 | 147 | 1628 | 177 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 333 | 103 | 23 | – |
| Miss Carlton | 9 | 133 | 152 | 2044 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 98 | 20 | – |
| Miss Bache | 10 | 144 | 168 | 1770 | 40 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 42 | 177 | 7 | – |
| Miss Wadds | 11 | 74 | 90 | 1177 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 114 | 13 | – |
| Salomons Centre | – | 57 | 97 | 4181 | 632 | – | – | – | – | 222 | 102 | – | – |
| Central Hall | – | – | – | 690 | 60 | – | – | – | – | 234 | 147 | – | – |
| Totals | – | 1359 | 1536 | 23319 | 1891 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1963 | 1795 | 268 | – |