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Islington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1937
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1937—continued.
| District No. | I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 and 8 | 7 | 9 | C.L.P. Not included in totals ‡. | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to— | f/10 20 | f/9 24 | f/19 31 | f/11 22 | f/18 37 | f/22 54 | re/ 1 | f/100 215 | |||||||||||||||
| (aa) † Reported Ophthalmia | f/11 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | f/2 5 | f/2 8 | F/4 | 6 | f/5 11 | f/2 6 | f/10 14 | f/2 3 | - | f/27 53 | |||||||||||||
| (6) †Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| (c) Other Digestive Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| (d) Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | 26 | |||||||||||||
| (e) Rickets | 20 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 20 | - | - | - | 54 | |||||||||||||
| (/) †Measles and German Measles | f/ 1 | f 1 1 | - | - | f/ 2 | f/ 6 | - | f/ 3 | - | f/ 13 | |||||||||||||
| (g) †Whooping Cough | f/ 12 | f/10 15 | f / 7 | f/ 3 | f/ 17 | f/17 18 | f/ 4 | f/ 1 | - | f/62 67 | |||||||||||||
| (h) Tuberculous Disease—P=Pulmonary; 0 = 0ther | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| (i) Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| (j) †Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| (k) Premature Birth | 16 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 11 | - | 3 | - | 73 | |||||||||||||
| (iAtrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| (m) All other investigations (1*Specify) | 26 | 15 | 10 | - | 34 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 107 | |||||||||||||
| (n) Routine Visits included in I.-IX. and not included in (aa) to (m) | 2,580 | 2,743 | 3,427 | 3,447 | 3,093 | 4,295 | 2,961 | 3,048 | 52 | 25,594 | |||||||||||||
| *** Totals (aa) to (n) | 2,688 | 2,818 | 3,497 | 3,498 | 3,202 | 4,447 | 2,996 | 3,056 | 52 | 26,202 | |||||||||||||
| Total Families Visited | 2,186 | 1,975 | 2,671 | 2,905 | 2,567 | 3,614 | 2,362 | 2,154 | 45 | 20,434 | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| 4,504 | 12.90 | 4,587 | 44 | 769 | 299 | 66 | 14 | 301 | 15 | 14 | 71 | 62 | 42 | 32 | |||||||||
* Specify nature of work— e.g., M.O. Consultation, Weighing babies, Dressings, Temperature taking, Selling of Dried Milk. Talk to Mothers, subject dealt with and time occupied.
** e.g.— Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit, etc.
*** Totals (aa) to («) should correspond with Totals I to IX. †Add F. in front of figures to denote " First Visit." J Child Life Protection Visits.
§ 45 Attendances at Municipal Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic in addition were made.