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FEMALE HEALTH VISITOR.*
Work of Female Health Visitor.
The Council's Health Visitor has been engaged during 1914
in the systematic visiting and re-visiting of houses wherein births
had been notified, in looking after the milk depot children (at the
depot and at their own homes), in inspecting infants notified as
suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum, and in assisting in making
enquiries in connection with tuberculosis cases—this last-mentioned
work being carried out on a separate day or days from those devoted
to infant visiting, etc. The work may be summarised as follows:—
Visits and Revisits made 1st Q. 2nd Q. 3rd Q. 4th Q. Total.
in connection with—
Births 428 398 466 315 1607
Ophthalmia cases 20 25 29 31 105
Depot children 11 15 25 10 61
Milk Depots-
York Road 13 12 19 16 60
Moffat Institute† 69 78 91 72 310
Special cases 3 16 3 8 30
Tuberculosis cases 111 89 77 74 351
Premises, but no one
found at home 137 115 151 110 513
DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT.*
Details of work done during 1914, in connection with the
Disinfecting Department, are subjoined. A total of 4066 infectious
diseases, notifiable compulsorily under the clauses of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, were reported and dealt with, including
cases of cerebro-spinal fever, (5), acute polio-myelitis (10), ophthalmia
neonatorum (57), and whooping-cough (1389), whilst the
following diseases were voluntarily notified by school teachers
and others, viz.: measles (1531), chicken-pox (795), cancer (66),
verminous houses (195), and bedding or clothing (386), and other
diseases§ (259). 2315 cases were removed to hospital.
*There is one female health visitor, viz., Miss T. McHugh.
†Used as a branch (distributing centre) in connection with the Council's
York Road Milk Depot.
‡The Staff consists of 1 Superintendent (W. Lockyear), 4 Disinfectors,
4 Drivers, 1 Eoiler Attendant, and 1 Yard and Stable Attendant.
§ Mumps, scabies, ringwcim, influenza, &c.
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