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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

Barking 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: (w) Home Visiting. — The home visits carried out by your Health Visitors are shown in detail in the following table:—

(w) Home Visiting. — The home visits carried out by your Health Visitors are shown in detail in the following table:—

No. of half-days devoted to visiting1,550
No. of ante-natal visits:—
First visits394
Subsequent visits190
No. of first visits to children under 1 year1,186
No. of subsequent visits to children under 1 year:—
(a) Attending a Centre1,651
(b) Not attending a Centre2,077
No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age:—
(a) No. of visits6,902
(b) No. of children seen8,811
No. of special visits in connection with ophthalmia neonatorum16
,, ,, ,, deaths of children up to 3 years of age43
,, „ „ stillbirths29
„ ,, „ puerperal sepsis and puerperal pyrexia9
Other visits (re infectious diseases)135
No. of visits to foster children279
Total home visits of all kinds12,911

Table: (x) Provision of Fresh and Dried Milk.—Particulars of the amounts of wet milk supplied free and at reduced rates to necessitous mothers and children are given in the following table:—

(x) Provision of Fresh and Dried Milk.—Particulars of the amounts of wet milk supplied free and at reduced rates to necessitous mothers and children are given in the following table:—

No. of pints supplied at reduced price.No. of pints supplied free.Total.Total cost of milk supplied.Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied.
51,878142,047193,925£2,853 18 0£2,476 14 0

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Pursuant to the receipt of Circular 1519 from the Ministry of Health,
Pasteurised milk was supplied as from the 1st May, 1937.