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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 1935

[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 1935.

TABLE V. The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1935.

HEALTH OFFICERS.total
*12345678
Child Welfare- First visits to infants (0-1 year)89148328364246233881741,670
Return visits to infants (0-1 year)343995646358579922244034,108
Total visits to children (1-5 years)858488888661,0801,0034998936,162
Stillbirth enquiries35102463538
Visits to ophthalmia cases227265——24
Return visits to ophthalmia cases15156945——81
Visits to measles cases1341098915—68
Visits to whooping cough cases.1718331433785274319
Visits to puerperal fever cases—12211——7
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases32912122—31
Visits to enteritis cases5222710207——91
Infantile death enquiries918252324211013143
Milk investigations310163631621408360141412,675
Ante-natal visits94205188168213941852171,364
Half-days at welfare centres10414914611615010267152986
Special visits976166733753321964454123,146
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary—First visits—1114316163330123
Re-visits—20026531331313942481,374
Non-Pulmonary—First visits—47—6_10330
Re-visits—115118—1264215088639
Rheumatism— First visits to cases notified——8—3105127
Common Lodging Houses— Inspections—13——252——67
Factories and Workshops Act- Inspections of factories ...—132—79—2214130
Inspections of workshops...—1310—3528478128692
Inspections of outworkers' premises—637—153621019323
Inspections of other workplaces24125
Total Visits8662,9804,0173,2313,8073,4693,0572,91624,343
Notices issued under the Public Health Act— Intimation notices——————22—
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 11.