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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 1929
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1929
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HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during 1929:-
| District | Births Notified | First Visits | Re-visits | Ante-natal | Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Other Visits | Attendances at Centres | Health Talks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | ||||||||
| No. 1 | 193 | 187 | 1977 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 242 | 176 | 8 |
| „ 2 | 206 | 229 | 2401 | 181 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 328 | 182 | 7 |
| „ 3 | 134 | 154 | 1987 | 327 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 494 | 197 | 43 |
| „ 4(St. George's Hall) | 155 | 154 | 2836 | 241 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 641 | 96 | 40 |
| „ 5 (Princess Club) | 171 | 177 | 1977 | 228 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 201 | 533 | 29 |
| „ 6 | 163 | 204 | 1951 | 302 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 469 | 218 | 152 |
| „ 7 | 195 | 212 | 2853 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 181 | 15 |
| „ 8 (Fulford Street) | 266 | 236 | 2532 | 309 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 506 | 148 | 36 | |
| „ 9 | 181 | 213 | 2692 | 195 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 97 | 208 | 33 |
| „ 10 | 175 | 201 | 2323 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 111 | 200 | 3 |
| „ 11 | 150 | 158 | 2596 | 74 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 22 | 238 | 34 |
| Salomon's Centre | 135 | 128 | 4404 | 1424 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 352 | – |
| Central Hall | – | – | 711 | 41 | – | – | – | – | 292 | 201 | – |
| Totals | 2124 | 2253 | 31240 | 3605 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 34 | 3437 | 2930 | 400 |