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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
Islington 1921
Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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7 [1921
WELFARE WORK BY HEALtd VISITORS. tdis work was carried out during tde year by tde seven Healtd Visitors, who conjointly performed tde work set out in tde following summary:—
| Nature of Visits. | Districts. | Total Visits. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Pre-natal | 75 | 66 | 94 | 80 | 135 | 71 | 59 | 580 |
| „ (Home Re-visits) | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| Birtds | 1,244 | 1,480 | 1,267 | 1,053 | 1,623 | 1,097 | 801 | 8,565* |
| „ (Re-visits) | 877 | 574 | 959 | 424 | 1,102 | 462 | 419 | 4,817 |
| Infant Deatds | 23 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 147 |
| Ophtdalmia Neonatorum | 38 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 217 |
| „ „ (Re-visits) | 39 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 110 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 51 |
| Measles | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| Tuberculosis | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 62 |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 12 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 16 | 15 | 14 | — | 41 | 20 | 2 | 108 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Attendance at Welfare Centres | 23 | 24 | 49 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 218 |
| Visits re Milk Order | 336 | 417 | 401 | 462 | 844 | 392 | 383 | 3,235 |
| Other investigations | 286 | 27 | 228 | 124 | 92 | 180 | 164 | 1,101 |
| Total visits | 2,977 | 2,690 | 3,082 | 2,230 | 4,048 | 2,328 | 1,924 | 19,279 |
| No. of Attendances at Medical Officer's Consultations at Centres | 11 | 1,015 | 94 | — | 2 | 665 | 504 | 2,291 |
| No. of Babies seen | 590 | — | 835 | 279 | 1,708 | 384 | 166 | 3,962 |
| No. of Babies weighed | — | — | 112 | 1,484 | — | 28 | 305 | 1,929 |
| Milk Order—Interviews at Office | 1,645 | 2,092 | 6,565 | 4,149 | 6,818 | 2,732 | 3,907 | 27,908 |
| „ New Grants | 172 | 246 | 397 | 273 | 502 | 295 | 387 | 2,272 |
| „ Renewals | 960 | 1,240 | 1,028 | 2,111 | 2,933 | 1,817 | 2,188 | 12,277 |
* Including children up ts 5 years.
MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDER, 1918-19.
This order of the Ministry of Health has been in operation since September, 1918,
and during the year 1921 the sum of £15,822 3s. 9d. was expended by the Council in the
provision of milk to necessitous mothers and children under 5 years of age. The total
amount paid since the order first came into operation was £30,216 19s. lOd.
The total number of orders issued during the year was 24,271.
In view of the requirements of the Ministry of Health as to reducing the expenditure
on the Borough Council's milk supply to necessitous expectant and nursing mothers and
young children, the Council at its meeting on 30th June, 1921, resolved upon the recommendation
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee: " That the scheme for the
distribution of milk submitted to the Council on the 5th May, 1921, be modified as follows :
" 1. That the milk be not supplied to expectant mothers except during the last
three months of pregnancy.
" 2. That milk be not supplied to children over the age of 18 months, provided
that in exceptional cases where children are under 5 years of age a supply may be
granted on production of a medical certificate.
" 3. That no family, the father of which is in full employment, be granted a
supply of milk at less than cost price unless there are more than three children in the
family.