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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 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—
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I,-IX. relating to †Reported Ophthalmia | F/9 17 | F/7 9 | F/23 36 | F/ 10 16 | F/19 43 | F/13 27 | F/15 34 | F/18 27 | F/114 209 | |||
| (a) †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/4 12 | F/8 17 | F/13 17 | F/6 12 | F/16 46 | F/9 24 | F/5 14 | F. 4 | F/65 146 | |||
| (b) † Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhoea | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | – | __ | |||
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | |||
| (d) Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 1 | 17 | 8 | _ | 1 | 71 | 8 | 36 | 142 | |||
| (e) Rickets | 11 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 29 | 93 | |||
| _ | F/2 | — | – | – | F. 2 | F. 5 | F. 4 | F. 13 | ||||
| (g) †Whooping Cough | F. 13 | F/36 40 | F. 14 | – | – | F. 51 | F. 26 | F. 28 | F/168 172 | |||
| _ | P/1 0/l 2 | _ | – | – | – | – | – | P/1 0/l 2 | ||||
| (i) Convulsions | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | – | – | – | |||
| (j)†Polio-myelitis | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| (k) Premature Birth | 9 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 82 | |||
| (l) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | — | — | – | _ | 2 | – | – | 7 | |||
| (m) All other investigations (**Specify) | _ | 35 | 21 | _ | _ | 1 | – | 14 | 71 | |||
| (n) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (a) to (m) | 2,404 | 2,994 | 3,541 | 3,798 | 4,296 | 3,031 | 3,168 | 2,886 | 26,118 | |||
| ***Totals (a) to (n) | 2,472 | 3,122 | 3,654 | 3,862 | 4,389 | 3,247 | 3,276 | 3,037 | 27,059 | |||
| Total Families Visited | 1,896 | 2,145 | 2,745 | 2,993 | 3,550 | 2,467 | 2,595 | 2,254 | 20,645 | |||
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| 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. |
| 5281 | 16 27 | 5,289 | 122 | 515 | 337 | 64 | 25 | 4.7 | 45 | 41 | 67 | 56 | 87 | 12 |
**e.g.—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit, etc.
***Toiu.s (a) to (n) should correspond with Totals I. to IX.
†F. in front of figures denotes a *' First Visit."