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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1935]
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1935.
| District No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 & 8 | 7 | 9 | I.L.P. Not included in totals†. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 577 | 521 | 544 | 767 | 595 | 734 | 357 | 177 | 2 | 4,272 | |
| II. Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 373 | 412 | 628 | 712 | 492 | 1,106 | 700 | 230 | 8 | 4,653 | |
| III. Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years | 386 | 391 | 597 | 578 | 500 | 1,356 | 434 | 118 | 9 | 4,360 | |
| IV. Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years | 1,071 | 1,341 | 1,630 | 1,652 | 1,141 | 1,890 | 1,525 | 723 | 18 | 10,973 | |
| V. Visits re Still Births | 8 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | _ | 106 | |
| VI. Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | _ | 65 | |
| VII. Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 years | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | — | _ | — | 11 | |
| VIII. + Pre-Natal, Home Visits | F/267 305 | f/286 354 | F/250 317 | f/298 326 | f/179 193 | f/244 298 | F/170 224 | f/60 96 | f 1 | F/1,754 2,113 | |
| IX. fpuerperal | f Fever, Home Visits | F/3 5 | F/4 8 | F/5 13 | f/5 6 | F/3 6 | f/ 2 | f/ 1 | f/23 41 | ||
| Pyrexia, do | — | — | - | - | f 1 | F/1 2 | - | — | - | f/2 3 | |
| 2,735 | 3,051 | 3,762 | 4,065 | 2,957 | 5,427 | 3,253 | 1.347 | 38 | 26,597 | ||
| X, Attendances at Welfare Centre* | 46 | 24 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 280 | |
| XI. Other Work by Direction | 1,111 | 547 | 1,207 | 794 | 600 | 1,120 | 1,537 | 391 | 6 | 7,307 | |
| XII Visits Declined | 3 | _ | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | __ | 9 | |
| XIII. Visits, House Shut ... ... | 850 | 1,079 | 846 | 989 | 1,065 | 736 | 607 | 627 | _ | 6,799 | |
| XIV. Visits, Inopportune | 71 | 9 | 5 | - | 20 | 7 | 2 | — | 114 | ||
| Grand Total of Visits | 4,816 | 4,710 | 5,869 | 5,894 | 4,691 | 7,292 | 5,443 | 2,391 | 61 | 41,106 | |
* M.O. Consultation, Weighing babies. Dressings, Temperature taking, Selling of Dried Milk, Talk to Mothers,
† Infant Life Protection Visits.