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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
Croydon 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE H. V.
| Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have been reported. | Miss Pirie & Miss Pierce-Toms. | Miss Waterman. (1) | Miss King and Miss Chapman. | Miss Chalk. (2) | Miss Goodman and Miss Pierce-Toms. | Miss Gaul. (3) | Miss Massie. | Miss Gordon. (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cares. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits, | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits | 1st Visits | Subsequent Visits | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 42 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Diphtheria | 16 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 16 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 12 | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 51 | 25 | ... | ... | ||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| Measles | 250 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 265 | 18 | ... | ... | 253 | 9 | ... | ... | 393 | 1 | ... | ... | 38 | 1 | ... | ... | 186 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| German Measles | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Mumps | 795 | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 347 | 27 | ... | ... | 92 | 3 | ... | ... | 303 | 6 | ... | ... | 50 | ... | ... | ... | 273 | 22 | ... | ... | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75 | 12 | ... | ... | 112 | 3 | ... | ... | 30 | 2 | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Chicken pox | 87 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96 | 6 | ... | ... | 77 | ... | ... | ... | 136 | 4 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Sore Throat | 65 | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 101 | 25 | ... | ... | 94 | 35 | ... | ... | 72 | 14 | ... | ... | 56 | 23 | ... | ... | 142 | 45 | ... | ... | ||||
| Ringworm (scalp) | 42 | 32 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 32 | ... | ... | 29 | 22 | ... | ... | 22 | 37 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | 30 | 17 | ... | ... | ||||
| (body) | 26 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 31 | ... | ... | 19 | 17 | ... | ... | 34 | 23 | ... | ... | 11 | 10 | ... | ... | 28 | 40 | ... | ... | ||||
| Verminous Heads | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Verminous Bodies | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Impetigo Contagiosa | 70 | 79 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 153 | 181 | ... | ... | 100 | 216 | ... | ... | 139 | 123 | ... | ... | 71 | 83 | ... | ... | 207 | 115 | ... | ... | ||||
| Scabies | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 39 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | 15 | 20 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | 3 | ... | ... | ||||
| Infectious Eye Disease | 22 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 89 | 95 | ... | ... | 23 | 10 | ... | ... | 89 | 22 | ... | ... | 33 | 13 | ... | ... | 53 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| Other diseases | 152 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 259 | 67 | ... | ... | 166 | 139 | ... | ... | 277 | 117 | ... | ... | 57 | 29 | ... | ... | 265 | 73 | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 1585 | 326 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1513 | 575 | ... | ... | 999 | 265 | ... | ... | 1552 | 386 | ... | ... | 372 | 173 | ... | ... | 1368 | 357 | ... | ... | ||||
| 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | lst Visits. | Subsequ't Visits | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | |||||||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have been born | ... | ... | 282 | 334 | 137 | 52 | 411 | 445 | 569 | 529 | 505 | 960 | 401 | 300 | 466 | 416 | ||||||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have died under one year of age | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 6 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | 33 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis cases visited | 400 | 252 | 156 | ... | 31 | 14 | 19 | 180 | 113 | 295 | 91 | 38 | 32 | 78 | 167 | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Visits paid to Elementary Schools for Medical Inspections | ... | ... | 29 | ... | 16 | ... | 50 | 3 | 39 | ... | 35 | ... | 56 | ... | 38 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection—Newly Inspected | ... | ... | 653 | ... | 398 | ... | 1181 | ... | 891 | ... | 753 | ... | 2043 | ... | 977 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Re-inspected | ... | ... | 175 | ... | 98 | ... | 214 | ... | 237 | ... | 290 | ... | 584 | ... | 219 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Specially Inspected | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 7 | ... | 63 | ... | 34 | ... | 22 | ... | 87 | ... | 35 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Visits to Elementary Schools | ... | ... | 73 | ... | ... | 48 | ... | 4 | ... | 138 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home Visits arising out of Medical Inspection | ... | ... | 435 | ... | 16 | ... | 203 | ... | 443 | 795 | 272 | 283 | 194 | 94 | 386 | 166 | ||||||||||||||||
| Home Visits for other information | 22 | 6 | 79 | ... | 56 | ... | 97 | ... | 74 | 25 | 80 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cultures taken | ... | ... | 80 | ... | ... | ... | 114 | ... | 147 | 63 | 69 | ... | 108 | ... | 193 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Notes.—(1) Four attendances at Clinics weekly.
(2) Two „ „ „
(3) Twenty-three addresses on Infant Feeding at Domestic Centre.
(4) Fifty-two visits to Midwives.