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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Visits | Re-visits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies (under 1 year) | 1,341 | 11,855 | ||
| Children (1—2 years) | 5 | 10 | 4,454 | 13,478 |
| „ (2—3 years) | 1 | 3,984 | ||
| ,, (3—4 years) | 3 | 2,841 | ||
| „ (4—5 years) | 1 | 2,199 | ||
| Mothers (Ante-Natal) | 672 | 623 | ||
| „ (Post-Natal) | 101 | 535 | ||
| Stillbirths | 34 | 37 | ||
| Infant Deaths | 51 | 10 | ||
| Maternal Deaths | - | - | ||
| Puerperal Fever (9) and Pyrexia (28) | 9 | 28 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 15 | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 3 | ||
| Other Notifiable Diseases | 5 | 4 | ||
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 3 | 2 | ||
| Measles (2,586), and German Measles (3) | 1,089 | 1,500 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 189 | 484 | ||
| Other Non-Notifiable Diseases | 22 | 39 | ||
| Milk Grants | 1 | 1 | ||
| Convalescent Treatment | 4 | 2 | ||
| Other matters | 53 | 225 | ||
| Total Visits | 3,590 | 28,841 | ||
| Grand Total | 32,431 | |||
In addition, 120 visits and 2,157 re-visits were
rendered futile owing to the absence of the mother or
the occasion being inconvenient for an interview.