London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Kensington 1925

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925

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Table: TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1925.

TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1925.

health officersTotal.
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Child Welfare—
First Visits to Infants53293622902813082951,870
Return Visits to Infants548136317721,0944618834,708
Visits to Children between 1 and 5 years4401,2271,1281,3281,0621,0377016,923
Stillbirth Enquiries—361691136
Visits to Ophthalmia cases—2733—318
Return Visits to Ophthalmia cases—6712751855
Visits to Measles cases43801291291730106534
Visit to Whooping Cough cases262136235937157
Visits to Puerperal Fever cases————31—4
Visits to Enteritis cases—115864740126
Infantile Death Enquiries15302116231851174
Milk Investigations33351098115100152525
Ante-Natal Visits59215325716698393
Half-days at Welfare Centres9102153146138110136794
Special Visits1,1222552352042982432122,569
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary.—First Visits24163323353048209
Re-Visits189165235191702902951,435
Non-Pulmonary—First Visits3711127—444
Re-Visits5811812913913140498
Factories and Workshops Act.
Inspections of Factories1225574—42104
Inspections of Workshops376155392172742739
Inspections of Outworkers' Premises27—2629325337204
Inspections of other Workplaces5———171629
Total Visits2,5003,2813,4793,4433,4022,8163,22722,148
Notices issued under the Public Health Act—
Intimation Notices—172—2—12
Statutory Notices————————
Final Notices————————
Summonses————————