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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

Kensington 1932

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

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Table: TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1932.

TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1932.

HEALTH OFFICERSTotal.
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Child Welfare-
First visits to infants (0-1 year)362241259358401772031,901
Return visits to infants (0-1 year)4234655357231,0792564663,947
Total visits to children (1-5 years)1,0511,0281,1466738746367966,204
Stillbirth enquiries76135111750
Visits to ophthalmia cases71079112—46
Return visits to ophthalmia cases5211816331—94
Visits to measles cases135199210613231682141,310
Visits to whooping cough cases236439131018672398
Visits to puerperal fever cases—12—2——5
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases745371330
Visits to enteritis cases5411371321——136
Infantile death enquiries37262430341018179
Milk investigations2664544470277141361,252
Ante-natal visits1117211011483143206839
Half-days at welfare centres183143127123196103115990
Special visits1993032803111813493882,011
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary.—First visits1725162933440164
Re-visits125192174139182782381,164
Non-Pulmonary—First visits3785—12641
Re-visits4915411071—21069663
Rheumatism—
First visits to cases notified11387184354
Factories and Workshops Act—
Inspections of factories323351—6674
Inspections of workshops51124631395178650
Inspections of outworkers' premises25510128120738378
Inspections of other workplaces———3—151129
Total Visits3,1283,0593,2413,1953,7853,0083,21122,609
Notices issued under the Public Health Act-
Intimation notices—————112
Statutory notices--------
Final notices————————
Summonses—-—-—---