Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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Nursing Assistance 1925.
Disease | Under Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme | Under Public Health Acts | Total Visits | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under one year | ONE to FIVE years | Mothers | Children under five | Others | |||||||
Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | ||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 205 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 205 | |
Discharging Eyes | 63 | 615 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 149 | .. | .. | 764 |
Measles | .. | .. | 13 | 121 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 130 | |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 23 | 3 | 36 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 72 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other pre-natal and post-natal conditions | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 594 | .. | .. | .. | 594 | |
Conjunctivitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | .. | .. | 24 |
Corneal Ulcers | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 20 | .. | .. | 20 |
Otorrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 25 | 1 | ..6 | 31 |
Nasal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 |
Tonsils and Adenoids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 130 | 490 | .. | .. | 490 |
Septic Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 43 | 43 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 84 | 1 | 10 | 94 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 117 | 17 | 134 | 251 |
Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 6 |
Intestinal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 21 | .. | .. | 21 |
Threadworms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | 523 | .. | .. | 523 |
Imperf. Anus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 |
Septic Umbilicus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 17 | .. | .. | 17 |
Phimosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 23 | .. | 23 | |
Burns | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 30 | .. | .. | 30 |
Pyrexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 25 | .. | .. | 25 |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 6 |
Impetigo | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 |
Eczema | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 20 | .. | .. | 20 |
Supervision | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 |
Totals | 75 | 843 | 16 | 157 | 50 | 594 | 262 | 1630 | 26 | 215 | 3439 |
15 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
12 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
A total of 3,439 visits were paid to 429 cases at a cost of £144 4s. 6d.
During the year 353 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 2,630 visits being made at a
cost of £109 lis. 8d. Of this expenditure £43 2s. 6d.
was expenditure under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.