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

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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Home Visiting. The visits paid to the homes by the Health Visitors during the year were as follows:—

First Visits.Revisits.Total.
Expectant Mothers 7452126
Children under 1 year of age 4657511,216
Children 1 to 2 years of age 1358359
Children over 2 years of age 7594601
Enquiries re stillbirths17
„ re ophthalmia neonatorum11
Other Visits261

In addition 827 visits were made by student Health Visitors.
As shown in the table above, 465 first visits to infants under one year were
paid in 1925 subsequent to the receipt of a notification of birth. Some of these
notifications related to stillborn children, others to those who died shortly after
birth, others to those who were temporarily living at the address given. In a few
instances an incorrect address had been given and the mother could not be traced.
When visiting homes in connection with children under 1 year, the Health Visitors
also deal with children from 1 to 5 years, but these are not counted as separate
visits.
First visits or further visits were not paid where the home conditions were
above the standard adopted for home visiting.
Four hundred and twenty-three of the visits related to infants who came
under further observation, in their own home, or at a Centre.
Of these:—
Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres.
145 attended the Council's M. & C. W. Centre at 10, John Street.
19 ,, ,, ,, Mary Ward Settlement,
Tavistock Place.
8 attended the Centre at the Onslow Street School, Saffron Hill.
3 ,, ,, Charing Cross Hospital.
3 ,, ,, Myddelton Square.
9 ,, ,, Middlesex Hospital.
3 ,, ,, University College Hospital.
4 ,, ,, Royal Free Hospital.
5 ,, ,, Other Centres.
199 attended an Infant Welfare Centre.
Thus rather less than one.half of those visited attended an Infant Welfare
Centre, and of these about four.fifths attended the Council's Centre.
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