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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XXV.The Work of the Health Visitors.—Home Visiting.—Maternity and Child Welfare Only.

Table XXV.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. A..P.IX. V.B.X. A.W.XI. J.C.XII. E.H.XIII. C.G.XIV. AH.XV. A.C.XVI. K.T.XVII. v.c.XVIII. M.C.XIX. R.S.XX.* K.H.XXI. M.S.XXII. G.T.XXIII. e.p.Totals
Visits to Expectant Mothers.
First visits5045822196113146183451121694229611358
Re-visits271854917...62346......512316...311111226
Infants under 1 year.
First visits212951161131322009213822224816515615215147205170295188131382091603644
Re-visits453262290167198319135268386362468932156447182644766875522721110522359121
Children 1—2 years.
First visits4242286155...2821...329131146330138217
Re-visits4422872632361703552181422073813376792238660217527699561262488772148124
Children 2—5 years.
First visits10......8...62414...714...42012534...28158164
Re-visits10298172366704147715895213676912181210175918166506457018917319988448613486
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
First visits........................3.................................11...5
Re visits..................1....................................23...6
Still Births1342821131733...19284710...376114
Milk (Mothers'and Children's Order)10263120...73185212...21211...55694682294
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Visits........................................................................
Houses where deaths of Infants occurred12531177437163...210191161224710152
Miscellaneous Visits15922701410610143515613425301164164336104841
Ineffective Visits47722832842648153540039442431942429120288294219578262887395915772338715
Post Natal Visits...............38......6076.......................................174
Totals—19342754174012881944144623911577149217642132167033929921812801173824352770317520015343740137845641
19S3280616201904206318242259199215841736236118872921158820781903181319563111345342162