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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
Islington 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1928]
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SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1928.
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 658 | 564 | 788 | 814 | 791 | 490 | 513 | 437 | 5,055 | |
| II. Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 751 | 416 | 608 | 493 | 887 | 869 | 934 | 556 | 5,514 | |
| III. Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years | 565 | 472 | 525 | 591 | 445 | 762 | 656 | 487 | 4,503 | |
| IV. Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years | 1,520 | 1,287 | 1,455 | 1,047 | 1,093 | 1,435 | 1,860 | 1,644 | 11,341 | |
| V. Visits re Still Births | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 149 | |
| VI. Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 98 | |
| VII. Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 years | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | — | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| VIII. † Ante-Natal, Home Visits | f/112 176 | f/150 190 | f/181 219 | f/136 143 | F/112 146 | f/169 204 | f/97 198 | F/ 134 152 | F/1,091 1,428 | |
| IX. † Puerperal | Fever, Home Visits | f/8 20 | f/l 3 | f/7 11 | F/4 5 | f/7 17 | f/3 4 | f/5 18 | f/35 78 | |
| Pyrexia, do | f. 1 | f. 2 | f. 1 | f. 1 | f. 5 | |||||
| Totals | 3,731 | 2,974 | 3,654 | 3,129 | 3,422 | 3,789 | 4,207 | 3,298 | 28,204 | |
| X. Attendances at Welfare Centre | 24 | 21 | 56 | 42 | 41 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 328 | |
| XI. Other Work by Direction | 717 | 533 | 1,083 | 877 | 984 | 627 | 759 | 1,032 | 6,612 | |
| XII. Visits Declined | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| XIII. Visits, House Shut | 614 | 688 | 535 | 863 | 580 | 898 | 550 | 469 | 5,197 | |
| XIV. Visits, Inopportune | 9 | 81 | 15 | 63 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 41 | 297 | |
| Grand Total of Visits | 5,095 | 4,300 | 5,345 | 4,979 | 5,058 | 5,400 | 5,590 | 4,886 | 40,653 | |