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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
Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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of "observation cots," to distinguish them from the beds for cases of
well-defined illness.
The Borough Council has made arrangements with "Northcourt
Hospital," College Crescent, whereby suitable cases may be admitted.
The parents are assessed according to their means and up to the
present little difficulty has been found in collecting their quota of the
cost.
Systematic Home Visitation and Provision of Advice, etc.,
for Infants at Infant Welfare Centres.
This work is undertaken in conjunction with the Hampstead Council
of Social Welfare. All home visiting is carried out solely by the
Borough Council's Health Visitors, of whom there are three, allotted to
districts as follows:—
Approximate District.
District A No. 1 (Town); No. 5 (West End); and part of
No. 4 (Central) Wards—Miss Kennedy.
„ B No. 2 (Belsize); No. 3 (Adelaide); and parts
of No. 4 (Central) and No. 7 (Priory)
Wards—Mrs. Steward.
„ C No. 6 (Kilburn); and part of No. 7 (Priory)
Wards—Mrs. Roche.
The duty of attending at the Pre-Maternity Clinics, Dental Clinic,
and Infant Welfare Centres has been apportioned among the Health
Visitors.
The following table gives a record of the work of the Borough Council's Health Visitors:—
| Number of first visits to infants under one year | 991 |
| „ re-visits „ „ | 1408 |
| „ first visits to expectant mothers „ „ | 91 |
| „ re-visits „ „ | 51 |
| ,, visits to children over one year „ | 1172 |
| „ visits re infant deaths „ | 77 |
| „ infectious disease „ | 1278 |
| „ verminous conditions „ | 3 |
| „ verminous conditions reported by London County Council | 20 |
| Carried forward | 5091 |