London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Deptford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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| Enquiries re | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 31 | 10 | 41 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 2 |
| Infectious Disease recoveries | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| Whooping Cough | 109 | 78 | 187 |
| Scabies | 72 | 55 | 127 |
| Infant Diarrhœa | 2 | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Visits to Foster Children | — | 19 | 19 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 330 | 108 | 438 |
| Total (over 5 years) | 563 | 293 | 856 |
| To expectant mothers | 1133 | 459 | 1592 |
| To Puerperal Fever or Pyrexia | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| Maternal death enquiry | 1 | — | 1 |
| To Common Lodging Houses | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| Total other visits | 1,164 | 502 | 1,666 |
| Unsuccessful visits | 749 | 1271 | 2020 |
| Totals | 4,722 | 18,173 | 22,895 |
In the case of the 1,406 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,229 infants were being breast-fed and 102 partly breast-fed.
Only 75 were entirely hand-fed.
Student Health Visitors.
By arrangement with the College of Nursing, we have had students,
each for a period of six weeks, working with the Health Visitors.
The students are State Registered Nurses and qualified midwives, who
are taking a course of instruction for the Health Visitors' Certificate,
and do part of their practical work with us. They help in the Infant
Welfare Centres and do a certain number of re-visits, measles visits, etc.,
under the supervision of the Health Visitors.