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 1945
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HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by the Municipal and Voluntary Centres and Health Visitors during 1945:—
District | Birth Notified | Visits to Infants and Children | Visits to Expectant Mothers | Visits to Cases of Infectious Diseas | 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 | 73 | 91 | 595 | 784 | 98 | 192 | 3 | – | 77 | 2 | 1 | – | 206 | 186 | – |
*Miss Bowles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 215 | – |
Miss Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 262 | – |
Mrs. Carson | 4 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | – |
Miss Cranmer | 73 | 73 | 473 | 513 | 53 | 89 | – | – | 39 | 2 | – | – | 40 | 142 | – |
Miss Cunningham | 35 | 35 | 169 | 340 | 41 | 135 | – | – | 13 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 77 | – |
Mrs. Hook | 21 | 33 | 643 | 1044 | 3 | 93 | – | 1 | 69 | 7 | 1 | – | 57 | 135 | – |
Miss Oram | 78 | 85 | 463 | 783 | 60 | 104 | – | – | 43 | 1 | – | – | 587 | 178 | – |
Miss Parry | 94 | 97 | 746 | 862 | 94 | 345 | – | 3 | 59 | – | 4 | – | 95 | 156 | – |
Miss Riches | 14 | 93 | 374 | 811 | 34 | 141 | – | – | 46 | 5 | – | 1 | 188 | 120 | – |
Miss Riley | 97 | 84 | 548 | 470 | 84 | 127 | 1 | – | 51 | 7 | – | – | 163 | 113 | – |
Miss Robson | 49 | 57 | 652 | 983 | 35 | 114 | – | – | 33 | 4 | 2 | – | 81 | 188 | – |
Miss White | 66 | 71 | 636 | 1048 | 71 | 211 | – | – | 29 | 1 | — | 76 | 249 | 107 | – |
Salomon's Centre | 29 | 42 | 186 | 718 | 211 | 366 | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | 6 | 298 | – |
Totals | 633 | 763 | 5529 | 8379 | 785 | 1922 | 4 | 4 | 478 | 30 | 8 | 77 | 1724 | 2185 | – |
* 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.