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Islington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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23 [1938

SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1938.

District No.12345678§C.L.P. Not included in totals ‡.Totals.
I. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year36853854957652458641042918854,168
II. Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year179331604635484774580897147164,631
III. Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years192312595563434663536549167314,011
IV. Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years5441,0281,3561,2718501,7631,1221,490382469,806
V. Visits re Still Births72191712141555105
VI. Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year162734102720121091165
VII. Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 Years11
VIII. †Ante-Natal, Home VisitsF/274 300F/308 403F/291 392F/246 304F/280 302F/268 327F/202 315F/1 76 202F/136/177F/ 1F2,181 2,722
Fever, Home VisitsF/4 5F/3 4F/1 2F/ 1F/ 1F/10 13
ix. †Puerperal Pyrexia, Home VisitsF / 1F/1 2F/1 2F / 1F/4 6
Totals1,6062,6663,5453,3762,6354,1512,9903,584107510025,628
X. *Attendances at Welfare Centre and Clinics272046461244746720363
XI. Other Work by Direction6204171,0186925489544443957625,164
XII. Visits Declined3216
xiii. Visits, House Shut5979117417498467341,13794144117,097
XIV. Visits, Inopportune2544336
Grand Total of Visits2,8784,0185,3524,8644,1575,8424,6184,9661,59912338,294

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