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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 1944
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during 1944:—
| 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 | 46 | 69 | 709 | 850 | 47 | 217 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 17 | – | – | 188 | 122 | – |
| *Miss Bowles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 196 | – |
| Miss Brown | 39 | 28 | 186 | 366 | 23 | 109 | – | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 83 | 253 | – |
| Mrs. Carson | 50 | 75 | 862 | 770 | 52 | 135 | – | – | 11 | 16 | – | 3 | 264 | 156 | – |
| Miss Cranmer | 20 | 15 | 219 | 10 | 319 | 64 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 60 | – |
| Mrs. Knott | 25 | 64 | 457 | 789 | 66 | 161 | – | – | 64 | 42 | – | – | 447 | 147 | – |
| Miss Oram | 66 | 65 | 463 | 732 | 63 | 139 | – | – | 8 | 20 | – | – | 751 | 145 | – |
| Miss Parry | 76 | 78 | 798 | 986 | 74 | 282 | – | – | 73 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 135 | 150 | – |
| Miss Riches | 27 | 74 | 308 | 677 | 36 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 24 | – | – | 221 | 120 | – |
| Miss Riley | 105 | 94 | 676 | 633 | 44 | 136 | – | – | 40 | 37 | 1 | – | 219 | 123 | – |
| Miss Robson | 58 | 59 | 695 | 1274 | 53 | 204 | – | – | 12 | 26 | – | – | 108 | 180 | – |
| Miss White | 58 | 74 | 557 | 1091 | 61 | 179 | – | – | 38 | 35 | 2 | 183 | 610 | 80 | – |
| Salomon's Centre | 13 | 20 | 249 | 1012 | 177 | 327 | – | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | 302 | – |
| Totals | 572 | 726 | 6179 | 9499 | 706 | 2081 | 6 | 4 | 339 | 246 | 11 | 194 | 3062 | 2034 | – |
* Miss Bowles has been employed for much of her time in the X-Ray Department.
Miss Lawrence is Matron of Kintore Way Nursery and Miss Crundwell is Matron of Tenda Road Nursery.