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Kensington 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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TABLE V. The Work of Women Health Officers for the Year 1931.

HEALTH OFFICERSTotal.
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Child Welfare-First visits to infants (0-1 year)350235246339340942101,814
Return visits to infants (0-1 year)7634905226861,1254226164,624
Total visits to children (1-5 years)1,5831,5591,4699137758398297.967
Stillbirth enquiries889410948
Visits to ophthalmia cases616143111354
Return visits to ophthalmia cases12133435211116
Visits to measles cases81420473153137
Visits to whooping cough cases21293311382947298
Visits to puerperal fever cases14229
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases916713113362
Visits to enteritis cases2054956287
Infantile death enquiries2923214238415172
Milk investigations10338371872401679700
Ante-natal visits55557213111190190704
Half-days at welfare centres168140138136207961161,001
Special visits1742033412232593972981,895
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary.—First visits26161829172348177
Re-visits1731782161941922032371,393
Non-Pulmonary—First visits4325424547
Re-visits6114812284449061610
Rheumatism—
First visits to cases notified86144111246
Factories and Workshops Act—
Inspections of factories4234735486
Inspections of workshops151227640468188756
Inspections of outworkers' premises23714137518233347
Inspections of other workplaces18413
Total Visits3,6233,2373,4963,0323,7792,9913,01323,171
Notices issued under the Public Health Act—Intimation notices_123
Statutory notices
Final notices
Summonses