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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1936
| District No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 & 8 | 7 | 9 | C.L.P.Not included in totals ‡ | Totals. |
| Analysis'of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to | ||||||||||
| (aa)† Reported Ophthalmia ......... | F/4 11 | F/11 15 | F/23 46 | F/6 13 | F/19 50 | F/27 58 | F/4 9 | F/7 11 | — | F/101 213 |
| F/4 6 | f/4 7 | F/2 3 | F/4 12 | F/8 20 | F/5 10 | F/2 5 | f/1 8 | — | F/30 70 | |
| — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | |
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | - | - | 70 | |
| (e) Rickets | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 11 | - | - | 77 |
| (f) Measles and German Measles | F/19 22 | f/16 19 | F/ 15 | F/ 9 | f / 24 | F/24 26 | F/45 49 | F/87 233 | — | F/239 397 |
| F/ 22 | F/29 33 | F/ 4 | F/ 9 | F/ 18 | F/28 | f/ 3 | - | - | F/113 117 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (i) Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 4 | - | 86 | |
| (l) Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | - | 75 | |
| (n) Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (aa) to (m) | 2,734 | 3,017 | 3,359 | 3,671 | 2,929 | 3,936 | 3,370 | 2,542 | 61 | 25,558 |
| ***Totals (aa) to (m) | 2,860 | 3,126 | 3,438 | 3,756 | 3,082 | 4,120 | 3,482 | 2,799 | 61 | 26,663 |
| Total Families Visited | 2,089 | 2,298 | 2,676 | 2,992 | 2,286 | 2,236 | 2,745 | 2,165 | 59 | 19,487 |
SUMMRY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1936-Continued.
| 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 Births. | Transfers In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. |
| 4724 | 15.24 | 4,799 | 58 | 816 | 291 | 61 | 8 | 1.64 | 25 | 25 | 57 | 45 | 28 | |
*M.O. Consultation, Weighing babies, Dressings, Temperature taking, Selling of Dried Milk. Talk to Mothers.
**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.
‡
Child Life Protection Visits.