Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1942
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HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during 1942:—
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 and Fever | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Measles | Whooping Cough | Tuberculosis | Post-Infectious Disease | ||||||||
Under 1 year | 1-5 years | Primary Visits | Revisits | ||||||||||||
Miss Anderson | 105 | 109 | 596 | 817 | 62 | 148 | – | – | 105 | 25 | 129 | – | 189 | 213 | – |
Miss Baird | 34 | 59 | 452 | 433 | 22 | 175 | – | 11 | 52 | 34 | 44 | – | 319 | 312 | – |
Miss Bowles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 511 | – |
Miss Brown | 7 | 45 | 229 | 392 | 37 | 103 | 3 | – | 40 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 212 | 308 | – |
Miss Hesketh | 55 | 71 | 718 | 745 | 11 | 99 | – | – | 55 | 6 | 83 | – | 376 | 205 | – |
Miss Lawrence | 28 | 28 | 166 | 293 | 8 | 18 | – | 1 | 13 | 5 | 94 | – | 347 | 88 | – |
Miss Oram | 45 | 50 | 449 | 750 | 26 | 88 | – | – | 39 | 10 | 121 | – | 596 | 184 | – |
Miss Parry | 16 | 8 | 68 | 143 | 15 | 23 | – | – | 9 | 5 | – | – | 8 | 30 | – |
Miss Riches | 33 | 135 | 512 | 1199 | 81 | 160 | – | – | 92 | 18 | 98 | – | 371 | 181 | – |
Miss Riley | 26 | 46 | 318 | 304 | 30 | 64 | – | – | 64 | 5 | 86 | – | 233 | 98 | – |
Miss Robson | 77 | 79 | 648 | 1114 | 48 | 103 | – | 2 | 39 | 7 | 95 | – | 33 | 127 | – |
Miss White | 25 | 35 | 481 | 1175 | 28 | 125 | – | 15 | 29 | 9 | 86 | 117 | 737 | 150 | – |
Miss Williams | 37 | 36 | 223 | 254 | 17 | 62 | – | – | 13 | 12 | 84 | – | 205 | 60 | – |
Salomon's Centre | 21 | 51 | 261 | 1147 | 80 | 41 | – | – | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | 227 | – |
Totals | 509 | 752 | 5121 | 8766 | 465 | 1209 | 3 | 29 | 566 | 142 | 975 | 119 | 3626 | 2694 | – |