Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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TABLE VII. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1924.
HEALTH OFFICERS | Total. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
Child Welfare- | ||||||||
First Visits to Infants | 10 | 327 | 322 | 294 | 292 | 348 | 365 | 1,958 |
Return Visits to Infants | 119 | 919 | 593 | 850 | 1,075 | 638 | 822 | 5,016 |
Visits to Children between 1 and 5 years | 406 | 1,134 | 1,087 | 1,333 | 1,063 | 1,104 | 671 | 6,798 |
Stillbirth Enquiries | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 52 |
Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
Return Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 48 |
Visits to Measles cases | 31 | 116 | 162 | 54 | 72 | 47 | 111 | 593 |
Visit to Whooping Cough cases | 2 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 151 |
Visits to Puerperal Fever cases | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 |
Visits to Enteritis cases | 1 | 26 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | 10 | 57 |
Infantile Death Enquiries | 14 | 35 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 37 | 181 |
Milk Investigations | 43 | 133 | 53 | 60 | 4 | 81 | 144 | 518 |
Ante-Natal Visits | 31 | 85 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 85 | 109 | 381 |
Half-days at Welfare Centres | 15 | 97 | 132 | 145 | 133 | 118 | 140 | 780 |
Special Visits | 1,339 | 235 | 128 | 195 | 258 | 235 | 206 | 2,596 |
Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
Pulmonary.—First Visits | 22 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 42 | 43 | 52 | 243 |
Re-Visits | 143 | 145 | 253 | 238 | 90 | 330 | 342 | 1,541 |
Non-Pulmonary—First Visits - | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 63 |
Re-Visits | 45 | 175 | 161 | 134 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 594 |
Factories arid Workshops Act. | « | |||||||
Inspections of Factories | 8 | 28 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 91 |
Inspections of Workshops | 255 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 194 | 24 | 43 | 572 |
Inspections of Outworkers' Premises | 9 | 1 | 9 | 23 | — | 31 | 27 | 100 |
Inspections of other Workplaces | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | 19 |
Total Visits | 2,517 | 3,568 | 3,129 | 3,443 | 3,338 | 3,157 | 3,223 | 22,375 |
Notices issued under the Public Health Act— | ||||||||
Intimation Notices | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
Statutory Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Final Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Summonses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |