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 Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
Table H. Health Visitors. The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the period under report:
Whole Borough. | Bermondsey Wards. | Rotherhithe Wards | St. Olave Ward. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | St. John. | St. Olave | St. Thomas | ||
Births Notified :- | |||||||||||||
By Guy's Hospital | 944 | 231 | 275 | 175 | 9 | 8 | 138 | 4 | ... | 1 | 61 | 26 | 16 |
,, Midwives | 682 | 16 | 20 | 55 | 98 | 77 | 27 | 160 | 114 | 57 | 54 | 2 | 2 |
,, Doctors | 844 | 20 | 35 | 96 | 149 | 121 | 25 | 134 | 165 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
,, Parents | 160 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
TOTAL | 2,030 | 272 | 338 | 345 | 293 | 217 | 198 | 309 | 319 | 150 | 137 | 31 | 21 |
Whole Borough. | DISTRICTS | Attendances at Classes for the others. | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | Town Hall. | Abbeyfield Road. | Trinity Road. | ||||||||
VISITS:- | |||||||||||||
Ante-natal | 147 | 28 | 108 | 11 | |||||||||
Births (first) | 2,644 | 528 | 841 | 783 | 492 | 1,111 | 946 | 595 | |||||
,, (subsequent) | 2,445 | 521 | 667 | 513 | 741 | ||||||||
Measles (first) | 913 | 259 | 191 | 224 | 239 | ||||||||
„ (subsequent) | 45 | 9 | 28 | 8 | |||||||||
Phthisis (first) | 13 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
,, (subsequent | 4 | 4 | District No.1, ... Miss Nuttall. | ||||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ,, ,, 2 Miss Webber. | ||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ,, ,, 3 Mrs. Hart. | |||||||
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 3 | ,, ,, 4 Miss Bach. | ||||||||||
Various | 5 | 175 | 250 | 165 | 385 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7,205 | 1,522 | 2,081 | 1,727 | 1,875 |