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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
Bethnal Green 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The following table gives some account of the outdoor work of the health Visitors so far as this can be expressed in statistics:-
| Visits. | Re-visits. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies (under 1 year) | 1,451 | 11,201 | ||
| Children (1—2 years) | 5 | 6 | 4,350 | 13,662 |
| „ (2—3 years) | - | 4,024 | ||
| „ (3—4 years) | 1 | 3,060 | ||
| „ (4—5 years) | — | 2,228 | ||
| Mothers (Ante-Natal) | 1,048 | 519 | ||
| ,, (Post-Natal) | 169 | 237 | ||
| Stillbirths | 41 | 31 | ||
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| Visits. | Re-visits. | |
|---|---|---|
| Infant Deaths | 49 | 16 |
| Maternal Deaths | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever (3) and Pyrexia (24) | 9 | 18 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 22 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 |
| Other Notifiable Diseases | 1 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | — | — |
| Measles (3,027*), and German Measles (21) | 1,608 | 1,440 |
| Whooping Cough | 95 | 177 |
| Other Non-Notifiable Diseases | 19 | 46 |
| Milk Grants | 4 | 6 |
| Convalescent Treatment | 11 | 3 |
| Other matters | 100 | 215 |
| Total Visits | 4,624 | 27,601 |
| Grand Total | 32,225 | |
*Most of these visits were made by the Special Measles Health Visitor.
In addition, 266 visits and 2,359 re-visits were
rendered futile owing to the absence of the mother or
the occasion being inconvenient for an interview.
The indoor (clinic) work of the Health Visitors is shown in the following figures:-
| Sessions attended. | |
|---|---|
| Maternity Clinics | 309 |
| Children's Clinics | 1,109 |
| Dental Clinic | 112 |
| Light Clinic | 195 |
| Mothers' Clinic | 42 |
| Other Clinics | 371 |
| Total | 2,138 |