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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
Hampstead 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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year. Similarly, notification was received from 32 other Local
Authorities from various parts of the country (including 11 Metropolitan
Boroughs) regarding 124 children who had removed into
Hampstead.
Health Visiting staff.
In connection with maternity and child welfare work, the Council
employs four Health Visitors; while 40 per cent. of the time of the
Woman Sanitary Inspector is also devoted to this work.
The minimum number of visits which the Health Visitors are now expected to pay to each child is as follows :—
| Age of child. | Visits paid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | At 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 and 12 months | 7 |
| 1-2 years | Once every 3 months | |
| 2-3 years | „ 4 „ | 3 |
| 3-4 years | „ 6 „ | 2 |
| 4-5 years | „ 6 „ | 2 |
At the close of the year the Health Visitors had under their
supervision for systematic visiting 602 infants under one year of age
and 1,586 children aged between one and five years.
The following table gives a record of the work of the Health Visitors in 1936 :—
| †First visits to expectant mothers | 330 |
| Re-visits to expectant mothers | 419 |
| tFirst visits to infants under one year | 739 |
| Re-visits to infants under one year | 4030 |
| Visits to children from 1 to 2 years | 2712 |
| Visits to children from 2 to 5 years | 3925 |
| Visits to foster-mothers and foster-children | 823 |
| Visits re infectious diseases | 1627 |
| Attendances at Borough Council's Ante-natal Clinics | 223 |
| Attendances at Borough Council's Dental Clinic | 78 |
| Attendances at Borough Council's Immunisation Clinic | 44 |
| Attendances at Hampstead Council of Social Welfare Infant Welfare Centres and Toddlers' Clinics | 397 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 423 |
†Including visits to mothers and babies moving into the Borough and
previously visited.