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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABle XVIII. The Work of the Health Visitors.- MaternityandChild Welfare Only.

TABle XVIII. The Work of the Health Visitors.- MaternityandChild Welfare Only.

I.II.III aIV. bV.VI. cVII.VIII. dIX. eX.XI.XII.XIII.XIV.XV.XVI.XVII.XVIII.XIX. fXX.XXI.XXII.XXIII.XXIV.Totals.
C.WR.A.D.H.B.W.A.W. W.J.T.M.S.A.P.V.B.A.W.J.C.E.H.A.H.K.T.v.cM.C.R.S.M. Su.E.P.c. Wa.P.C.L.P.B.E.Others
Sessions attended at Infant Welfare Centres10453...2677394318255351466249995549...1357425541711128
Visits to Expectant Mothers.
First visits45111...32122...155517301212232534324294314
Re-visits239...22...7...81665...11231...10922151260
Infants under 1 year.
First visits207102487383601081039031817520316114816820816014251912451741292543501
Re-visits374225985722915912348186377386803486313489839475158575937837112635508782
Children 1-2 years.
First visits9......9...33...1616I18643...146301064231
Re-visits4081911041032051551234084385317773295232510625398185405328067272585458041
Children 2-5 years.
First visits10......14...6713144...185121...431314412253
Re-visits9876846018347427439515211270620698142158168263573322080482984677481106412254
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
First visits1........................1111......2...2......2...1...12
Re-visits2........................3210.........1............10...2131
Still Births11412...21...2327549512413...51012105
Milk (Mothers' and Children's Order)428...15...45...4151312...346...4322810178
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Visits...........................1.................................2......3
Houses where deaths of Infants occurred44247136317238119235551225114
Miscellaneous Visits2410...182...1877161214543111463215748321203662
Ineffective Visits49718823025948020227089173377471170292223616325776603352474405453117178536
Post Natal Visits........................1260.......................................173
Totals—193626061456544903151288511424587042271159330581734164225312661263114122762036343828951779318343350
193522111345792158214511888129012031908163715983096920198196294210727432597149211168421167251638872
a Superannuated 1/12/36. b Left 31/7/36. c Off Duty since May 25, 1936. d 4 months sickness. e Partially incapacitated. f Left 28/3/36.