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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
Hammersmith 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—
| District. | ||||||||
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | Total. | |
| First visits | 167 | 259 | 213 | 215 | 277 | 154 | 99 | 1384 |
| Under 1 year | 600 | 501 | 639 | 594 | 512 | 714 | 416 | 3976 |
| 1-5 Years | 845 | 419 | 509 | 449 | 552 | 596 | 700 | 4070 |
| Outs | 387 | 754 | 639 | 316 | 746 | 231 | 711 | 3784 |
| Removals | 93 | 178 | 125 | 158 | 127 | 35 | 49 | 765 |
| Infant Deaths | 9 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 68 |
| Stillbirths | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 43 |
| Ophthalmia Neona-torum | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 16 | |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Encephalitis Lethar-gica | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Measles | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | |||
| Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 32 | |
| Scabies | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Child Life Protection | — | 3 | 17 | 2 | 4 | — | 27 | |
| Diphtheria Immuni-sation | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| Home Helps | 29 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 88 |
| Evacuation Scheme | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Convalescent | — | 6 | — | 4 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Free Milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Free Dinners | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 12 |
| Adoption of Children | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Factories, &c. | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Special | — | — | 8 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 22 |
| First Visits | 115 | 157 | 157 | 139 | 169 | 135 | 101 | 973 |
| Subsequent Visits... | 88 | 80 | 67 | 85 | 50 | 53 | 43 | 466 |
| Total Visits | 2346 | 2396 | 2465 | 2021 | 2488 | 1963 | 2165 | 15844 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 69 | 105 | 77 | 85 | 98 | 84 | 76 | 594 |
| Attendances at Ante-natal Clinics | 40 | 47 | 36 | 58 | 39 | 55 | 41 | 316 |
| Schick Test Clinics | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | ||
| Number of insanitary conditions reported | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 36 | |