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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 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during 1940 :—
| District | Births Notified | Visits to Infants and Children | Visits to Expectant Mothers | Visits to cases of Infectious Disease | Unclassified or Special Visits | Attendances at Centres & Clinics | Health Talks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visits | Re-visits | Puerperal Pyrexia & Fever | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Measles | Whooping Cough | Tuberculosis | Post-Infectious Disease | ||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1-5 years | Primary Visits | Revisits | ||||||||||||
| Miss Anderson | 86 | 76 | 347 | 527 | 34 | 41 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 127 | – | 11 | 113 | – |
| Miss Bache | 72 | 85 | 483 | 665 | 57 | 145 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 64 | – | 161 | 219 | – |
| Miss Baird | 73 | 61 | 213 | 174 | 25 | 27 | – | – | 7 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 65 | 101 | – |
| Miss Bowles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 505 | – |
| Miss Brown | 70 | 50 | 112 | 382 | 25 | 30 | 2 | – | – | – | 82 | – | 103 | 132 | – |
| Miss Carter | 62 | 37 | 150 | 195 | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 59 | 62 | – |
| Miss Crundwell | 54 | 74 | 285 | 415 | 32 | 22 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 48 | – | 52 | 94 | – |
| Miss Hesketh | – | 10 | 29 | 51 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 201 | 81 | – |
| Miss Lawrence | 103 | 115 | 259 | 392 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 144 | – | 148 | 127 | – |
| Miss Oram | 68 | 67 | 389 | 614 | 24 | 49 | – | – | 28 | 1 | 101 | – | 340 | 196 | – |
| Miss Parry | 58 | 71 | 367 | 567 | 41 | 133 | – | – | 27 | 1 | 63 | – | 68 | 209 | – |
| Miss Riches | 65 | 67 | 98 | 1199 | 27 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 27 | – | 47 | 66 | – |
| Miss Riley | 40 | 40 | 213 | 309 | 11 | 23 | – | – | 53 | 4 | 61 | – | 18 | 92 | – |
| Miss Robson | 66 | 50 | 278 | 540 | 23 | 36 | – | – | – | 1 | 63 | – | 22 | 103 | – |
| Miss Wadds | 77 | 62 | 284 | 364 | 31 | 40 | – | – | 4 | – | 42 | – | 23 | 352 | – |
| Miss White | 51 | 62 | 846 | 1354 | 61 | 208 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 4 | 131 | – | 72 | 144 | – |
| Miss Williams | 16 | 23 | 27 | 114 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 3 | 24 | – | – | 33 | – |
| Salomon's Centre | – | – | – | – | 61 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 961 | 950 | 4380 | 6862 | 473 | 815 | 10 | 12 | 249 | 28 | 1048 | 2 | 1390 | 2629 | – |