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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 1924
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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SUMMARY OF VISITS BY MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS—Continued.
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to | ||||||||
| 17 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 | 19 | 29 | 161 | |
| (b) Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhœa | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | 15 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 25 | – | 11 | 70 | |
| 3 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 53 | 2 | 28 | 149 | |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | – | 3 | 35 | |
| (g) Whooping Cough | 15 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 121 |
| (h) Tuberculous Disease | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 4 |
| (i) Convulsions | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | 61 | 36 | 38 | 58 | 20 | 34 | 268 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 12 | – | – | 22 | |
| 30 | 31 | 88 | 77 | 78 | 60 | 104 | 468 | |
| 2,300 | 2,214 | 2,671 | 2,258 | 3,203 | 1,440 | 1,941 | 16,027 | |
| *** Totals (a) to (n) | 2,407 | 2,423 | 2,868 | 2,427 | 3,535 | 1,543 | 2,157 | 17,360 |
| Total Families Visited | 1,719 | 1,704 | 2,070 | 1,723 | 2,381 | 1,083 | 1,705 | 12,385 |
**e.g.— Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc., Syphilis, Rheumatism, Non-notified birth, etc.
***Totals (a) to (n) correspond with Totals I. to IX.
Number on Books 1st April, 1925, i.e., Record Cards of Children to be visited. Exclusive of Record Cards marked " Attending Centre," and " Above
Standard," "Visits declined," and "Visits not necessary" 20,103