Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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employment as a junior clerk, preferably locally. He has now left off
his irons and only limps slightly, and, it is understood, can even take
part in school games.
Space will not permit further instances, but perhaps these few cases
mentioned will serve to show the opportunities that a Care Committee
has—and how it uses them.
The work is absorbing, and cannot help but enlist the sympathy
and devotion of those engaged upon it.
SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS. The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:-
1st visits | Re-visits | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Births | 2080 | 9181 | 11261 |
Still Births | 51 | — | 51 |
Infant Deaths | 149 | — | 149 |
Expectant Mothers | 413 | 225 | 638 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 30 | 49 |
Measles | 568 | 252 | 820 |
Infantile Diarrhœa | 48 | 42 | 90 |
Scabies in children | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Verminous Children | 14 | 3 | 7 |
Puerperal Fever | 15 | 14 | 29 |
Pneumonia | 58 | 139 | 197 |
Miscellaneous | 627 | 66 | 693 |
Unsuccessful visits | 499 | 569 | 1068 |
Scarlet Fever recoveries | 214 | 111 | 325 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Totals | 4,750 | 10,645 | 15,395 |
In addition to the above visits, the Health Visitors spent in all
540 afternoons at sessions of the Infant Welfare Centres and 150
mornings at sessions of the Ante-Natal or Special Clinic ; 6 attendances
were also made at Dental Clinics.
Feeding.—In the 2,080 births visited it was found that 1,934
infants were being breast fed and 78 partly breast fed. Only 68 were
entirely hand fed.
Births Notified, Year 1925.
Ward. | Births Notified. | Alive. | Dead. | By whom Notified. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Male | Female. | Parent. | Doctor. | Midwife | Other Person. | |||
East | 501 | 248 | 253 | 492 | 9 | 31 | 99 | 366 | 5 |
North | 408 | 223 | 185 | 399 | 9 | 34 | 148 | 223 | 3 |
North-west | 326 | 165 | 161 | 322 | 4 | 49 | 103 | 171 | 3 |
South | 445 | 240 | 205 | 436 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 346 | 4 |
South-east | 198 | 102 | 96 | 191 | 7 | 41 | 60 | 92 | 5 |
South-west | 169 | 85 | 84 | 167 | 2 | 29 | 52 | 86 | 2 |
2047 | 1063 | 984 | 2007 | 40 | 241 | 500 | 1284 | 22 |