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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: T able CVIII.The Work of the HealthVisitors.—Home Visiting.—Maternity and Child Welfare Only

T able CVIII.The Work of the HealthVisitors.—Home Visiting.—Maternity and Child Welfare Only

I. C.W.II. R.A.III. D.H.IV. B W.V. A.W.W.VI. J.T.VII M.S.VIII. U.G.IX. A.P.X. V.B.XI. A.W.XII. J.C.XIII. E.H.XIV. C.G.XV. A.H.XVI. a.C.XVII. K.T.XVIII. v.c.XIX. E. S- & M. T.XX. M.C,TOTAL VISITS
Visits to Expectant Mothers.*†
First visits85518955356342732584822326814082712919311086
Re-visits57255916628298435921273728205588720597
Infants under 1 year.
First visits23212081931710213114310919921835026793281185204209157431653744
Re-visits4682116871402612052974293653464665635232276449102314611744228030
Children 1—2 years.
First visits14311603611989221353612611413427
Re-visits4692185191771973012434251872463993993632923948501654042254166889
Children 2—5 years.
First visits71...601410269...17......522172...28326
Re-visits110653750728251752356158162723973325759742661486452754828640310735
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
First visits......1...........................1...3...............5
Revisits5161...............49......12...............29
Still Births85720315491581727588264144
Milk (Mothers' and Children's Order)2536978...111413931610691263...296
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Visits........................4.................................4
Houses where deaths of Infants occurred201415135157121220411301077459211
Miscellaneous Visits3691232449431132129514028344057326538105121138
Inefiective Visits678240338257436401557253483430306384480398360416175572390817636
Totals—19313188148825391800L61517182007199320601731243720092174182423503495177622401269157241297
19302958166523211343L79716461465135613201210246216523055182512511954447738......32449

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*Appointed during 1931. †On Staff' for short period only.