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Southwark 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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HEALTH WORK.
The number of visits made by the Health Visitors and other officers of the Public Health Department to houses
in connection with Births, and other Health Work during 1921.
TABLE 26.
| Original Visits. | Revisits. | Visits to Ante-Natal Cases. | Visits to Post-Natal Cases. | Visits to Delicate Infants. | Visits to Cases of Diarrhoea and Sick Children | Attendances at Welfare Centres and Dental Clinic. | Visits where Mothers were found to be out. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Measles | Tuberculosis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Births. | Measles. | Tuberculosis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ||||||||
| Mrs. Holland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 365 | - | 368 |
| Miss Johnson | 622 | 4 | — | — | 2,234 | 4 | — | — | 98 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 85 | 173 | 3,175 |
| Miss Sayer | 431 | 10 | - | 2 | 2,746 | 9 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 86 | 138 | 3,457 |
| Miss Hartley | 477 | 15 | — | 8 | 2,735 | 1 | — | 2 | 59 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 88 | 468 | 3,916 |
| Mts. George | 284 | 8 | — | — | 2,770 | 13 | — | — | 93 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 77 | 327 | 3,630 |
| Mrs. Ross (to october 29th, 1921) | 247 | 4 | 2 | — | 1,908 | — | - | 107 | 35 | 71 | 42 | 62 | 135 | 2,613 | |
| Miss Adair | 438 | 4 | — | 5 | 3,290 | 2 | -— | 2 | 199 | 11 | 66 | 33 | 80 | 71 | 4,201 |
| Miss Rogers | 466 | 3 | - | 2 | 2,139 | 12 | - | 1 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 81 | 502 | 3,309 |
| Miss Cottrill (from February 3rd, 1921) | 445 | 2 | — | 4 | 3.029 | — | — | — | 27 | — | 45 | 10 | 40 | 122 | 3,724 |
| Miss Freeth (from April 18th, 1921) | 272 | 9 | — | — | 2,696 | 12 | — | - | 67 | 1 | 89 | 99 | 48 | 55 | 3,348 |
| Mrs. Simmons (to may 26th, 1921 | 115 | 28 | — | 7 | 655 | 15 | — | 17 | 9 | 3 | 585 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 1,518 |
| Miss Vieler | 1 | 36 | — | 8 | 14 | 20 | — | 12 | 10 | 18 | 2.191 | 260 | 200 | 41 | 2,811 |
| Mrs. Southward | 26 | 10 | — | 3 | 100 | 9 | — | —- | — | 28 | 1,655 | 84 | 325 | 29 | 2,269 |
| Miss Price (from march 16h. 1921) | 11 | 320 | — | 11 | 18 | 434 | — | 31 | — | — | 1,605 | 957 | 27 | 13 | 3,427 |
| Miss Elliott | - | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 45 |
| Miss Burrows (from march 12th, 1921) | — | - | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 88 |
| Total | 3,736 | 453 | 118 | 50 | 24,334 | 531 | — | 65 | 726 | 133 | 6,419 | 1,602 | 1,610 | 2,122 | 41,899 |