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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 VISITS BY MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS—
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in i.-IX. relating to † Reported Ophthalmia | F/8 22 | F/5 9 | F/4 12 | F/3 6 | F/5 10 | F/5 10 | F 11 42 | F/5 10 | F46 121 | |||||
| (a) †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/16 37 | F/7 24 | F/6 20 | F/6 10 | F/12 32 | F/9 11 | F/6 17 | F/l 4 | F/63 155 | |||||
| (b) † Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhœa | — | — | F/l | — | — | — | — | — | F/l | |||||
| — | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| 45 | 44 | 4 | 25 | 13 | — | 9 | 49 | 189 | ||||||
| (e) Rickets | 9 | 17 | 20 | 48 | 37 | 89 | 1 | 84 | 305 | |||||
| F/89 122 | F/94 97 | F/23 24 | F/19 20 | F/32 | F/11 | F/111 128 | F/24 26 | F/403 460 | ||||||
| (g) † Whooping Cough | F/2 | F/ 12 | F/43 | F/27 | F/19 | F/2 | F/17 | F/11 | F/ 133 | |||||
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P=Pulmonary; 0 = 0ther | O/l | P/1 | — | P/1 | — | — | — | — | P/4 O/l 5 | |||||
| (i) Convulsions | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||
| (j) Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | F/l | — | — | — | — | F1 | |||||
| (k) Premature Birth | 10 | 20 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 144 | |||||
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 34 | ||||||
| (m) All other investigations (**Specify) | 19 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | 26 | 82 | |||||
| (n) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (a) to (m) | 3,462 | 2,737 | 3,478 | 2,938 | 3,257 | 3,660 | 3,975 | 3,053 | 26,560 | |||||
| ***Totals (a) to (n) | 3,731 | 2,974 | 3,654 | 3,129 | 3,422 | 3,789 | 4,207 | 3,298 | 28,204 | |||||
| Total Families Visited | 2,526 | 2,121 | 2,562 | 2,247 | 2,437 | 2,855 | 3,042 | 2,277 | 20,067 | |||||
| Registered Births. | New Cases Handed to H.V's for Visitation. | Infant Mortality. | Maternal Mortality. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ||||||||
| No. | Rate. | Notified Births. | Non-Notified Births. | Transfers In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. |
| 5810 | 17.4 | 5606 | 233 | 372 | 374 | 64 | 24 | 4 1 | 33 | 34 | 77 | 58 | 78 | 17 |
"e.g.—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit, etc.
•♦•Totals (a) to (») should correspond with Totals I. to IX.
F. in front of figures denotes a " First Visit."