London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Particulars of the work of the Health Visitors and Centres will be found from the following table:—

No. of ante-natal visits128
No. of first visits to children under one year829
No. of subsequent visits to children under one year:—
(a) Attending a Centre446
(b) Not Attending a Centre2.544
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age:—
(a) Attending a Centre97
(b) Not Attending a Centre1,145
No. of special visits in connection with Ophthalmia Neonatorum20
Ditto Deaths of children up to 3 years of age79
Ditto Still-births22
Ditto Puerperal sepsis4
Ditto Foster Children20
Other visits (not specified)104

The following table is of interest respecting infant feeding:—

Ureast Fed.Mixed.Artificial.
No. of children under supervision—
feeding at the end of first month5014729
Children who died during first year of life—feeding during firet month (where elicited)37101
Children who died from diarrhoeal diseases—feeding at time of death126

Special visits were made to all deaths up to 3 years of age
by Health Visitors.