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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Statistical Summary for 1925
Public Health Department. | The Royal College of St. Katharine. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Ante-natal:— | |||
Visits | 622 | 695 | 1,317 |
Re-Visits | 887 | 1498 | 2,3S5 |
Post-natal:— | |||
Visits | 1,497 | 1,888 | 3,385 |
Removed before Visit | 21 | 35 | 56 |
Died before Visit | 26 | 57 | 83 |
Stillbirths | 52 | 43 | 95 |
Re-visits:— | |||
Under 1 | 7,913 | 16,338 | 24,247 |
1—5 | 17,216 | 28,944 | 46,160 |
Removed | 226 | 448 | 674 |
Died | 125 | 148 | 273 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum:—* | |||
Visits | 44 | nil. | 44 |
Re-visits | 195 | nil. | 195 |
Zymotic Enteritis:— | |||
Visits | 37 | 68 | 105 |
Re-visits | 50 | 59 | 109 |
Dead | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Measles:— | |||
Visits | 57 | 366 | 423 |
Re-visits | 34 | 118 | 152 |
Dead | 2 | 11 | 13 |
Miscellaneous | 213 | 2,421 | 2,634 |
Total Visits Paid | 29,220 | 53,138 | 82,358 |
* All infants with this disease are notified to the Medical Officer of Health, and
are immediately visited by the Health Visitors of the Public Health Department.