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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 1933

[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 1933.

Table V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1933.

HEALTH OFFICERS..Total.
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Child Welfare-
First visits to infants (0-1 year)337207226258370771711,646
Return visits to infants (0-1 year)4164747325199001795403,760
Total visits to children (1-5 years)9001,1041,3806738305388986,323
Stillbirth enquiries12667131—45
Visits to ophthalmia cases1748513——47
Return visits to ophthalmia cases16910567——107
Visits to measles cases36112339471175
Visits to whooping cough cases57184910912524274
Visits to puerperal fever cases5421——113
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases1962994—49
Visits to enteritis cases653459172121199
Infantile death enquiries1921122232611123
Milk investigations3247311949428477481,419
Ante-natal visits155208158171991361411,068
Half-days at welfare centres1871461321192051011191,009
Special visits3903332982951625454072,430
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary—First visits2028223313229165
Re-visits17720516319643272101,282
Non-Pulmonary—First visits71256—10—40
Re-visits5011811491121876668
Rheumatism-
First visits to cases notified165139124463
Common Lodging Houses—
Inspections—13——42——55
Factories and Workshops Act—
Inspections of factories1323511011494
Inspections of workshops121517755375169650
Inspections of outworkers' premises2158144717629300
Inspections of other workplaces———4—13724
Total Visits3,2593,0913,5932,9693,3622,8642,89022,028
Notices issued under the Public Health Act—
Intimation notices—————134
Statutory notices————————
Final notices————————
Summonses————————