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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 1941
[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 | No. 8 | No. 9 | Total | |
| Visits. | ||||||||||
| First visits | 109 | 126 | 50 | 185 | 114 | 163 | 90 | 110 | 152 | 1,099 |
| Subsequent Visits. | ||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 431 | 646 | 312 | 526 | 569 | 473 | 753 | 429 | 206 | 4,345 |
| 1-5 Years | 934 | 713 | 468 | 430 | 680 | 937 | 641 | 758 | 773 | 6,334 |
| Outs | 429 | 235 | 408 | 887 | 698 | 572 | 412 | 675 | 477 | 4,793 |
| Removals | 115 | 212 | 180 | 190 | 242 | 378 | 156 | 145 | 160 | 1,778 |
| Other Visits. | ||||||||||
| Infant Deaths | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| Stillbirths | 2 | 4 | — | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 13 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| Encephalitis Lethar gica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | — | 6 | — | 9 | 25 | 25 | — | 30 | 13 | 108 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 9 |
| Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 8 | 1 | 14 | — | 10 | — | 2 | — | 35 |
| Scabies | 3 | — | — | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| Child Life Protection | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation | 25 | — | — | 51 | 6 | — | 5 | — | 25 | 112 |
| Home Helps | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | — | 14 | — | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| Evacuation Scheme | 2 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 |
| Convalescent | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Free Milk | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Special | 6 | 56 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 54 | — | 50 | 12 | 217 |
| Rest Centres | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 229 | 257 | 136 | 202 | 195 | 230 | 123 | 178 | 191 | 1,741 |
| Ante-natal. | ||||||||||
| First Visits | 93 | 122 | 61 | 138 | 76 | 120 | 64 | 88 | 127 | 889 |
| Subsequent Visits | 163 | 94 | 114 | 152 | 56 | 145 | 1 | 79 | 78 | 882 |
| Total Visits | 2,566 | 2,500 | 1,780 | 2,902 | 2,695 | 3,146 | 2,256 | 2,561 | 2,239 | 22,645 |
| Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres | 82 | 127 | 46 | 103 | 108 | 89 | 45 | 83 | 105 | 788 |
| Attendances at Antenatal Clinics | 58 | 37 | 20 | 56 | 68 | 71 | 38 | 66 | 70 | 484 |
| Attendances at Tuberculosis Clinics | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Attendances at Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics | — | 44 | 36 | — | 4 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 152 |
| Number of insanitary conditions reported | 3 | 8 | 11 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 |