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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
Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE.
| Year | Registered | No. of Health Visitors | Visits made to:— | Centres (Children) | %of Births | Centres (Ante-natal) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 | Children 1 to 5 | No. of Attendances | First Attenders | Attendances | No. of Expectant Mothers | °/.of Births. | |||||||||
| Live Births | Still Births | |||||||||||||||
| First | Total | First | Total | Under 1 | 1 to S | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | |||||||||
| 1939 | 1423 | 41 | *7 | 447 | 691 | 1323 | 5142 | 9798 | 17210 | 8162 | 1149 | 399 | 80.7 | 3715 | 638 | 44.8 |
| 1940 | 1279 | 32 | 7 | 487 | 792 | 1108 | 4739 | 10277 | 13279 | 6331 | 1084 | 381 | 86.6 | 2036 | 584 | 44.8 |
| 1941 | 1145 | 35 | 7 | 518 | 855 | 797 | 3707 | 8635 | 13126 | 6784 | 1109 | 385 | 96.9 | 3762 | 745 | 63.1 |
| 1942 | 1469 | 38 | 7 | 636 | 1109 | 1440 | 4445 | 8242 | 17740 | 7349 | 1322 | 467 | 90.0 | 5769 | 981 | 65.0 |
| 1943 | 1384 | 29 | 7 | 716 | 975 | 1664 | 4444 | 5995 | 21321 | 8419 | 1069 | 368 | 76.5 | 5835 | 859 | 60.7 |
| 1944 | 1498 | 30 | 8 | 604 | 865 | 1491 | 4163 | 5089 | 19240 | 7649 | 1298 | 191 | 84.9 | 5479 | 926 | 60.6 |
| 1945 | 1413 | 31 | 8 | 664 | 884 | 1519 | 4722 | 6174 | 20866 | 9246 | 1426 | 253 | 100.9 | 5403 | 851 | 58.9 |
| 1946 | 1695 | 41 | 8 | 692 | 996 | 1912 | 5371 | 7033 | 23961 | 9166 | 1526 | 256 | 90.0 | 6532 | 922 | 53.9 |
| 1947 | 1641 | 36 | 8 | 666 | 960 | 1692 | 5831 | 8924 | 26108 | 7646 | 1638 | 218 | 97.7 | 6535 | 987 | 58.8 |
TABLE No. 4.
Infectious Diseases.
Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals
121
Houses visited including revisits
306
Rooms disinfected
32
Notices delivered to Education Authorities, etc.
459
Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were
found
TABLE No. 5.
Food Inspection.
The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered.
Beef
lbs.3,0241/2
Biscuits
lbs. 25
Corned Beef
„ 1,4433/4
Breakfast Sausage
9
Fish
„ 2,5961/2
Confectionery ..
8
Cheese
„ 1971/4
Eggs, shell
63
Fats
„ 281/2
Meat
tins 386
Flour
99
Sausages
53
Bread
73
Fish
„ 1,033
Poultry
„ 235
Milk
„ 1,955
Mutton
„ 100
Vegetables
928
Pork
30
Meat and Vegetables
80
Liver
12
Tea and Coffee
7
Soup
160
Cocoa
51/2
Fruit
331
Bacon
„ 811/4
Preserves
375
Rabbits
„ 786
Steak and Kidney
Pudding
24
Sugar
38
Butter Beans
„ 234
Puddings
476
Prunes
„ 314
Tomatoes
21
Oranges
83
Pickles and Sauce jars 99
Cereals
60
Pastes .. tins and jars 108
Oatmeal
21
Dried Egg .. pkts. 20
Cake Mixture .. „ 41
Miscellaneous
tins, jars, etc.
178
38