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 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1926.
| HEALTH OFFICERS | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Child Welfare— First Visits to Infants | 6 | 301 | 313 | 269 | 274 | 288 | 339 | 1,790 |
| Return Visits to Infants | 124 | 649 | 582 | 792 | 984 | 493 | 896 | 4,520 |
| Visits to Children between 1 and 5 years | 430 | 1,022 | 1,053 | 1,445 | 972 | 1,158 | 592 | 6,672 |
| Stillbirth Enquiries | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 40 |
| Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Return Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 52 | |
| Visits to Measles cases | 114 | 5 | 109 | 35 | 92 | 6 | | 58 | 419 |
| Visits to Whooping Cough cases | 4 | 25 | 28 | 66 | — | 4 : | 11 | 138 |
| Visits to Puerperal Fever cases | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Visits to Puerperal Pypexia cases | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 9 |
| Visits to Enteritis cases | 1 | 44 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 155 |
| Infantile Death Enquiries | 15 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 140 |
| Milk Investigations | 38 | 58 | 118 | 80 | 9 | 125 | 166 | 594 |
| Ante-Natal Visits | 62 | 63 | 67 | 25 | 67 | 96 | 110 | 490 |
| Half-days at Welfare Centres | 25 | 92 | 169 | 133 | 99 | 136 | 148 | 802 |
| Special Visits | 847 | 235 | 305 | 226 | 243 | 260 | 288 | 2,404 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
| Pulmonary.—First Visits | 20 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 39 | 48 | 50 | 242 |
| Re-Visits | 211 | 263 | 209 | 231 | 83 | 270 | 352 | 1,619 |
| Non-Pulmonary—First Visits | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| Re-Visits | 58 | 62 | 130 | 140 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 439 |
| Factories and Workshops Act. | ||||||||
| Inspections of Factories | 20 | 50 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 146 |
| Inspections of Workshops | 360 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 189 | 19 | 80 | 733 |
| Inspections of Outworkers' Premises | 23 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 24 | 45 | 154 |
| Inspections of other Workplaces | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Total Visits | 2,368 | 2,977 | 3,335 | 3,562 | 3,141 | 2,995 | 3,207 | 21,645 |
| Notices issued under the Public Health Act— | ||||||||
| Intimation Notices | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Statutory Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Final Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Summonses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |