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Paddington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Health Visitors.
The duties of these officers are:—
(1) To visit the homes of children from birth up to the age of 5 years where considered necessary.
(2) To make enquiries concerning stillbirths and deaths of infants and young children.
(3) To visit and give advice to parents in cases of ophthalmia of the new-born, infective enteritis
and other important diseases.
(4) To investigate all cases of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia.
(5) To attend the maternity and infant consultations at the Centres provided by the Paddington
School for Mothers.
The home visiting work performed by the Health Visitors during the year is summarised in the
appended table:—
Health Visiting.
| First Visits to children under 1 year of age | 1,758 |
| Revisits „ „ „ | 5,810 |
| 7,568 | |
| Visits to children between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 10,241 |
| First visits to expectant mothers | 775 |
| Revisits „ „ | 439 |
| 1,214 | |
| Other Visits— | |
| Sickness (including Puerperal Fever, Puerperal Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Infantile Diarrhœa) | 489 |
| Miscellaneous (including 3,175 ineffective calls) | 10,455 |
| 10,944 | |
The total number of children on the Health Visitors' lists at the close of the year was 5,065.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
These are provided by the Paddington School for Mothers, which is a voluntary society financed
by voluntary contributions and by grants from the Paddington Borough Council.
An annual contribution of £500 is made by the Council to the Paddington School for Mothers.
This is provided for in the Scheme made by the Minister of Health under Section 101 (6) of the Local
Government Act, 1929.
The following is a brief account of the activities of the Paddington School for Mothers:—
Headquarters: 232, Harrow Road, W.2.
Established 1910, when the Paddington Health Society was divided into two distinct bodies for
dealing with Tuberculosis and Infant Welfare, the latter being the Paddington School for Mothers.
Centres (as in December, 1933).
232, Harrow Road, W.2.—Nine good rooms and Health Visitors' rest room, warmed by gas fires.
Bath room.
Two Infant Consultations weekly.—Tuesday, 2.15 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. Joyce It. Simpson.
Thursday, 2.15 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. J. Thoresby Jones.
Area served:—Parts of Church, Harrow Road, Westbourne and Maida Vale Wards.
One Maternity (Ante- and Post-Natal) Consultation weekly.—Monday, 10 a.m. Medical Officer,
Dr. E. Dorothy Fenwick.
Area served:—South Paddington.