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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 1934

[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 1934.

TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1934.

HEALTH OFFICERTOTAL
1234567*8
Child Welfare— First visits to infants (0-1 year)35419625131427971167161,648
Return visits to infants (0-1 year)487458720742749171471323,830
Total visits to children (1-5 years)1,0489761,0877817914979451116,236
Stillbirth enquiries66831348—48
Visits to ophthalmia cases5353101——27
Return visits to ophthalmia cases62152498——82
Visits to measles cases256241294923652209511,574
Visits to whooping cough cases44261871086437—304
Visits to puerperal fever cases4—111--—7
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases75114-2—20
Visits to enteritis cases401071333—379
Infantile death enquiries352015342718203172
Milk investigations5231412503892628536351,721
Ante-natal visits17813317914999172222141,146
Half-days at welfare centres1811461371281658912122989
Special visits489349302348157432388332,498
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary—First visits2620221363432—153
Re-visits1782201509424333187—1,186
Non-Pulmonary—First visits51989155—52
Re-visits9313610554610982—585
Rheumatism- First visits to cases notified1610551362—57
Common Lodging Houses — Inspections-172—71———90
Factories and Workshops Act- Inspections of factories23078—-193—132
Inspections of workshops131139418475155—715
Inspections of outworkers' premises3356254915527—300
Inspections of other workplaces-----2013—33
Total Visits4,0293,1803,7053,2113,2702,9913,02827023,684
Notices issued under the Public Health Act— Intimation notices-----11—2
Statutory notices---------
Final notices---------
Summonses---------

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•This woman health officer is also responsible for the duties of infant life protection visitor under the
Children Act, 1908, and the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932, and particulars of her work appear on page 13.