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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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15 [1933
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1983—Continued.
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to | |||||||||
| (aa)tReported Ophthalmia | f/12 25 | f/3 15 | f/22 43 | f/6 12 | f/20 41 | f/28 50 | f/5 11 | f/17 36 | f/113 233 |
| (a)†Ophthalmia Neonatorum | f/9 15 | f/5 10 | f/7 15 | f/8 16 | f/16 40 | f/14 26 | f/5 10 | f/13 28 | f/17 160 |
| (b) †{Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhoea | — | 1 | — | — | f. 1 | — | — | — | f/1 2 |
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 8 |
| (d) Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
| (e) Rickets | 16 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 11 | — | 9 | 90 |
| (f) †Measles and German Measles | f.5 6 | f/11 20 | f. 4 | ^— | f. 5 | f/2 3 | f. 8 | f. 1 | f/36 47 |
| (g) † Whooping Cough | f. 11 | f/24 27 | f/11 13 | f. 1 | f. 18 | f. 25 | f/7 11 | f. 6 | f/103 112 |
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P= Pulmonary; 0 = 0ther | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (i) Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (j ) tPolio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | f. 1 | — | f. 1 |
| (A) Premature Birth | 17 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 84 |
| (/) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| (m) All other investigations ("'Specify) | 7 | 35 | 19 | — | 17 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 103 |
| (») Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not in | |||||||||
| cluded in (aa) to (m) | 2,162 | 2,721 | 3,583 | 4,150 | 3,058 | 1,990 | 3,004 | 3,086 | 23,754 |
| ***Totals (aa) to (n) | 2,262 | 2,867 | 3,694 | 4,213 | 3,211 | 2,137 | 3,073 | 3,180 | 24,637 |
| Total Families Visited ... | 1,686 | 2,075 | 2,745 | 3,299 | 2,373 | 1,612 | 2,453 | 2,501 | 18,744 |
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1983—Continued.
| 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. 844 | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. |
| 4581 | 14.35 | 4,638 | 80 | 844 | 288 | 63 | 13 | 2-7 | 36 | 36 | 74 | 59 | 87 | 21 |
**e■£•—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit., etc.
***Totals to should correspond with Totals I. to IX.
tF. in front of figures denotes a " First Visit."