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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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15 [1925
SUMMARY OF VISITS BY HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR 1925.
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year ... | 573 | 736 | 689 | 877 | 1,151 | 915 | 753 | 5,694 |
| II. Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 793 | 455 | 674 | 614 | 838 | 613 | 552 | 4,539 |
| III. Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years | 639 | 410 | 621 | 584 | 708 | 262 | 441 | 3,665 |
| IV. Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years | 1,497 | 1,044 | 1,482 | 1,417 | 1,506 | 1,814 | 881 | 9,641 |
| V. Visits re Still Births | 17 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 156 |
| VI. Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 80 |
| VII. Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 years | 2 | _ | 4 | - | - | 1 | _ | 7 |
| VIII. Ante-Natal, Home Visits | 99/F 181 | 94/F 130 | 111/F 152 | 134/F 154 | 83/F 120 | 109/F 152 | 93/F 99 | 723/F 988 |
| IX. Puerperal Fever, Home Visits | 5/F 6 | 4/F 6 | F 2 | F 3 | 5/F 10 | F 1 | 4/F 6 | 24/F 34 |
| Totals | 3,718 | 2,819 | 3,654 | 3,683 | 4,384 | 3,797 | 2,749 | 24,804 |
| X. Attendances at Welfare Centre | 28 | 24 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 35 | 48 | 280 |
| XI. Other Work by Direction | 454 | 624 | 651 | 510 | 189 | 679 | 344 | 3,451 |
| XII. Visits Declined | 38 | 27 | 31 | 130 | 11 | 58 | 295 | |
| XIII. Visits, House Shut | 578 | 739 | 455 | 832 | 552 | 1,061 | 817 | 5,034 |
| Grand Total of Visits | 4,816 | 4,233 | 4,842 | 5,203 | 5,182 | 5,572 | 4,016 | 33,864 |