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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—
| Disirict No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 & 8 | 7 | 9 | I.L.P. Not included in totals | Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (aa)†Reported Ophthalmia | F/2 8 | F/9 16 | F/22 44 | F/10 18 | F/27 60 | F/34 72 | F/6 14 | F/3 5 | — | F/1 13 237 | |||||||||||||
| (a) †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/2 6 | F/3 7 | F/3 4 | RE 1 | F/5 14 | F/9 19 | F/14 9 | F/2 5 | — | F/38 65 | |||||||||||||
| (b) †Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhoea | _ | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | __ | 1 | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 7 | - | 7 | 10 | 6 | — | — | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| (e) Rickets | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | 63 | |||||||||||||
| _ | — | — | — | — | F 9 | — | — | — | F 9 | ||||||||||||||
| F 36 | F/26 35 | F/33 34 | F. 2 | F 26 | F 50 | F26 2 7 | — | — | F 199 210 | ||||||||||||||
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P = Pulmonary; O=Other | _ | 0 1 | — | — | — | p 1 | p 1 | — | — | p2 ol 3 | |||||||||||||
| (i) Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| (k) Premature Birth | 16 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 16 | — | — | 99 | |||||||||||||
| (l) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | — | — | |||||||||||||
| (m) All other investigations (**Specify) | 12 | 20 | 27 | — | 21 | 42 | 6 | — | — | 128 | |||||||||||||
| (m) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (aa) to (m) | 2,630 | 2,940 | 3,616 | 4,029 | 2,812 | 5,186 | 3,173 | 1,337 | 38 | 25,723 | |||||||||||||
| ***Totals (a) to (n) | 2,735 | 3,051 | 3,762 | 4,065 | 2,957 | 5,427 | 3,253 | 1,347 | 38 | 26,597 | |||||||||||||
| Total Families Visited | 1,974 | 2,103 | 2,864 | 3,118 | 2,138 | 4,178 | 2,560 | 1,116 | 38 | 20,051 | |||||||||||||
| Registered Births. | New Cases Handed to H Vs. for Visitation | Infant Mortality. | Maternal Mortality. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | |||||||||||||||||
| No. | Rate. | Notified Births | Non-Notified | Transfers Births. | In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | ||||||||||
| 4577 | 14.84 | 4,490 | 61 | 776 | 240 | 52 | 8 | 1.7 | 24 | 22 | 48 | 38 | 39 | 29 | ||||||||||
**e.g.—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit., etc.
***Totals (aa) to (n) should correspond with Totals I. to IX.
†F. in front of figures denotes a "First Visit."