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Islington 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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[1931

SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1931.

District12345678Totals.
I. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year4985536649267894004264194.675
II. Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year4505677586571,0506667624745,384
III. Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years5303186155821,0425995075064,699
IV. Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years7491,4551,3151,3791,3231,3741,3691,39910,363
V. Visits re Still Births1513192220121512128
VI. Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year111310417135780
VII. Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 years211127
VIII. †Ante-Natal, Home VisitsF/170 211F/144 191F/202 261F/ 244 272F/109 128F/121 175F135/ 182F/191 214F/1,316 1,634
IX. †PuerperalFever, Home VisitsF/4 5F/5 10F/5 12F/9 19F/9 19F/3 8F/3 8F/4 6F/42 87
Pyrexia, doF. 1F. 1F. 2
Totals2,4723,1223,6543,862 "4,3893,2473,2763.03727,059
X. Attendances at Welfare Centre*2424494340524943324
XI. Other Work by Direction9366158697909116451,4249867,176
XII. Visits Declined131218
XIII. Visits, House Shut6877745179074127545295335,113
XIV. Visits, Inopportune6535781057164
Grand Total or Visits4,1264,5405,0955,6025,7574,7775,2904,65739,844

*Specify nature of work—e.g., M.O. Consultation, Weighing babies, Dressings, Temperature taking, Selling of Dried Milk. Talk to Mothers, subject dealt with and
time occupied.