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Islington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1932
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1931-C
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to †Reported Ophthalmia | f/8 18 | F/15 27 | f/23 38 | f/6 16 | F/29 60 | f/12 31 | f/4 13 | f/19 40 | F/116 243 |
| (a) †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/8 20 | f/8 13 | F/12 24 | f/8 15 | F/24 50 | f/ll 24 | f/6 13 | f/9 21 | f/86 180 |
| — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 6 | 32 | 4 | _ | _ | 8 | 4 | 10 | 64 | |
| (e) Rickets | 15 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 90 |
| (f ) †Measles and German Measles | f. 21 | F/47 63 | f. 37 | f. 11 | f. 18 | f. 12 | f/38 47 | f/24 27 | f/208 236 |
| (g) †Whooping Cough | f. 4 | F/9 10 | f. 23 | - | f. 9 | f. 17 | f/14 16 | f. 4 | F/80 83 |
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P=Pulmonary; 0=0ther . | — | p. I | — | _ | — | - | — | — | p. 1 |
| (i) Convulsions | — | — | — | _ | _ | - | — | — | — |
| (j ) †Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | |
| (k) Premature Birth | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 86 |
| (l) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| (m) All other investigations (♦♦Specify) | 8 | 25 | 14 | — | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 78 |
| (n) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (a) to (m) | 2,851 | 2,322 | 3,503 | 3,910 | 4,031 | 2,585 | 2,927 | 2,355 | 24,484 |
| Totals (a) to (n) | 2,949 | 2,510 | 3,677 | 3,989 | 4,180 | 2,699 | 3,053 | 2,498 | 25,555 |
| Total Families Visited | 2,164 | 1,715 | 2,736 | 3,152 | 3,362 | 2,059 | 2,433 | 1,827 | 19,448 |
| 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. |
| 4950 | 15 25 | 5,026 | 101 | 616 | 340 | 68 | 16 | 3.2 | 35 | 33 | 64 | 56 | 94 | 21 |
| *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." | ||||||||||||||