Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HEALTH VISITING.
| 1924. | 1925. | |
|---|---|---|
| Births— | ||
| Primary visits | 1,701 | 1,821 |
| Repeat „ | 3,645 | 3,485 |
| 5,346 | 5,306 | |
| Ante-natal— | ||
| First visits | 513 | 562 |
| Revisits | 293 | 421 |
| 806 | 983 | |
VISITS re SICKNESS.
| Puerperal Fever | 28 | 38 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 206 | 168 |
| Diarrhcea | 309 | 524 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,318 | 1,559 |
| 1,861 | 2,289 |
1924—INFANTS VISITED : 1,701.
| Method of Feeding. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast. | Artificial | Mixed | |
| Number | 1,525 | 86 | 90 |
| Percentage | 89.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
AGES AT FIRST VISIT.
| Breast. | Method of Artificial. | Feeding. Mixed. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks | r0— | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| 1- | 492 | 20 | 13 | 525 | |
| 2— | 523 | 21 | 36 | 580 | |
| 3— | 238 | 15 | 10 | 263 | |
| Months | r0— | 1,280 | 57 | 60 | 1,397 |
| 1- | 209 | 18 | 20 | 247 | |
| 2— | 16 | 7 | 5 | 28 | |
| 3 and upwards | 20 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |
DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR : 48.
| Breast | 32 Artificial | 6 Mixed | 10 | |
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 12 | Premature Birth | 5 | |
| Respiratory ,, | 21 | Convulsions | 1 | |
| Atrophy, Debility | - | Meningitis ... | 2 | |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | Other Causes | 6 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | |||
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES.
Breast 21 Artificial 70 Mixed 111
1925—INFANTS VISITED: 1,821.
| Breast. | Method of Feeding. | Mixed. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial | |||
| Number | 1,642 | 76 | 103 |
| Percentage | 90.2 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
AGES AT FIRST VISIT.
| Breast. | Method of Feeding. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial. | Mixed. | |||||||
| Weeks | 0— | 31 | - | - | 31 | |||
| 1— | 814 | 19 | 18 | 851 | ||||
| 2— | 491 | 19 | 16 | 526 | ||||
| 3— | 166 | 12 | 25 | 203 | ||||
| Months | r0— | 1,502 | 50 | 59 | 1,611 | |||
| 1- | 115 | 17 | 26 | 158 | ||||
| 2— | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 3 and upwards | 17 | 6 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR: 64. | ||||||||
| Breast | 48 | Artificial | 8 | Mixed | 8 | |||