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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
Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Their services were used as follows:—
| Deficient Lactation | 15 Cases | 178 Visits. |
| Whooping Cough | 1 Case | 7 „ |
| Measles | 0 „ | 0 „ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 Cases | 117 „ |
| Pneumonia | 10 „ | 240 |
| Influenza | 1 Case | 5 „ |
| Tuberculosis | 4 Cases | 204 ,, |
| Total | 34 Cases | 751 Visits. |
During the five years, 1921-25, the facilities for nursing provided by the Council have been used as follows:—
| Year. | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum, | Influenza. | Pneumonia | Deficient Lactation, | Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| 1921 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 7 | 133 | — | — | 11 | 177 | — | — | — | — |
| 1922 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 80 | 3 | 104 | — | — | 12 | 183 | — | — | — | — |
| 1923 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 82 | 6 | 170 | 4 | 116 | — | — | — | — |
| 1924 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 93 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 109 | 14 | 219 | 14 | 191 | 4 | 123 |
| 1925 | 1 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 117 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 240 | 15 | 178 | 4 | 204 |
| 6 | 99 | 20 | 211 | 18 | 476 | 15 | 284 | 51 | 935 | 29 | 369 | 8 | 327 | |
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925.
This Act, passed in 1925, imposed certain limited duties on Local Authorities
respecting cases where, in the interests of a child, a pension payable under the
Act should be administered other than through the mother. The Local Authority
in London for this purpose was the London County Council, but authority was
conferred on that Council to delegate the powers and duties to the Metropolitan
Borough Councils, and shortly after the Act came into operation, the London
County Council delegated the whole of the powers and duties conferred on it by
Section 6 of the Act to the Borough Council.
It is not anticipated that there will be many such cases in the Borough.
The duty will include enquiry to ascertain the facts of any cases which may
have to be dealt with, and ordinarily the widow or other person affected will be
given an opportunity of presenting her case to the Local Authority before the
particulars are submitted to the Minister of Health. It is expected that information
respecting such cases will come to the notice of the Council through its