Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE V.
HEALTH OFFICERS. | total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
89 | 148 | 328 | 364 | 246 | 233 | 88 | 174 | 1,670 | |
Return visits to infants (0-1 year) | 34 | 399 | 564 | 635 | 857 | 992 | 224 | 403 | 4,108 |
Total visits to children (1-5 years) | 85 | 848 | 888 | 866 | 1,080 | 1,003 | 499 | 893 | 6,162 |
Stillbirth enquiries | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
Visits to ophthalmia cases | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | — | 24 |
Return visits to ophthalmia cases | 1 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 45 | — | — | 81 |
Visits to measles cases | 13 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | — | 68 |
Visits to whooping cough cases. | 17 | 18 | 33 | 14 | 33 | 78 | 52 | 74 | 319 |
Visits to puerperal fever cases | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 31 |
Visits to enteritis cases | 5 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 20 | 7 | — | — | 91 |
Infantile death enquiries | 9 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 143 |
Milk investigations | 310 | 163 | 631 | 621 | 408 | 360 | 141 | 41 | 2,675 |
Ante-natal visits | 94 | 205 | 188 | 168 | 213 | 94 | 185 | 217 | 1,364 |
Half-days at welfare centres | 104 | 149 | 146 | 116 | 150 | 102 | 67 | 152 | 986 |
Special visits | 97 | 616 | 673 | 375 | 332 | 196 | 445 | 412 | 3,146 |
— | 11 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 123 | |
Re-visits | — | 200 | 265 | 3 | 133 | 131 | 394 | 248 | 1,374 |
Non-Pulmonary—First visits | — | 4 | 7 | — | 6 | _ | 10 | 3 | 30 |
Re-visits | — | 115 | 118 | — | 126 | 42 | 150 | 88 | 639 |
— | — | 8 | — | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
— | 13 | — | — | 2 | 52 | — | — | 67 | |
— | 13 | 2 | — | 79 | — | 22 | 14 | 130 | |
Inspections of workshops... | — | 13 | 10 | — | 35 | 28 | 478 | 128 | 692 |
Inspections of outworkers' premises | — | 6 | 37 | — | 15 | 36 | 210 | 19 | 323 |
Inspections of other workplaces | 24 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
Total Visits | 866 | 2,980 | 4,017 | 3,231 | 3,807 | 3,469 | 3,057 | 2,916 | 24,343 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
Statutory notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Final notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Summonses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
♦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.