Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XCII. The Work of the Health Visitors.—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. L.M † | XX. M.C. | total visits | |
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Visits to Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 32 | 8 | 56 | 21 | 40 | 34 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 06 | 13 | 69 | 33 | 12 | ... | 62 | 626 |
Re-visits | 12 | o | 37 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 66 | 1 | 25 | ... | 14 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 1 | ... | 9 | 354 |
Infants under 1 year. | |||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 208 | 122 | 238 | 161 | 142 | 198 | 129 | 88 | 126 | 230 | 321 | 168 | 81 | 252 | 247 | 203 | 212 | 149 | 30 | 294 | 3599 |
Re-visits | 276 | 309 | 517 | 132 | 320 | 445 | 283 | 283 | 395 | 412 | 500 | 498 | 668 | 214 | 573 | 1019 | 343 | 450 | 52 | 734 | 8423 |
Children 1—2 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 5 | 3 | ... | 14 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 94 | 11 | ... | 195 | 494 |
Re-visits | 259 | 293 | 422 | 224 | 321 | 499 | 253 | 329 | 182 | 301 | 412 | 331 | 672 | 265 | 410 | 934 | 283 | 426 | 69 | 653 | 7538 |
Children 2—5 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | 7 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 121 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 346 | |||
Re-visits | 728 | 585 | 405 | 529 | 676 | 933 | 493 | 420 | 790 | 285 | 787 | 184 | 858 | 394 | 851 | 1024 | 773 | 547 | 106 | 613 | 11981 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | |||||||||||||||||||||
First visits | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 9 |
Revisits | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | lo |
Still Births | 5 | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ... | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 99 |
Milk (Mothers' and Children's Order) | 7 | 36 | 101 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 311 |
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Visits | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Houses where deaths of Infants occurred | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 160 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 17 | 16 | 35 | 266 | 14 | 107 | 193 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 54 | 48 | 33 | 115 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1040 |
Ineffective Visits | 375 | 274 | 357 | 321 | 564 | 593 | 483 | 224 | 523 | 561 | 308 | 183 | 476 | 300 | 358 | 328 | 283 | 645 | 59 | 159 | 7274 |
Post Natal Visits | ... | ... | 42 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 81 | 97 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 241 |
Totals—3932 | 1942 | 1662 | 2122 | 1766 | 2107 | 2854 | 1949 | 1183 | 2123 | 2034 | 2634 | 1443 | 2826 | 1609 | 2533 | 3757 | 2298 | 2278 | 349 | 2843 | 42512 |
1931 | 3188 | 1488 | 2539 | 1800 | 1615 | 1718 | 2007 | 1993 | 2060 | 1731 | 2437 | 2009 | 2174 | 1824 | 2350 | 3495 | 1776 | 2240 | 1269 | 1572 | 41297 |
+ On Staff for short period only.