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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The Work of the Health Visitors.—Maternity and Child Welfare Visits Only.
Visits Re | Baker | E. Biggs Left 30/4/52 | Bird | Blackmore | Blest | Devaney | Early | Eldridge | Elliott | Emms Left 31/12/52 | Griggs | Hall | Hinton | W. Johns Trans. 21/1/51 | Lucey | Morton | Partridge | Pickering Comm. 28/1/52 | Rawlings | Theison | Thompson | Toneri | Tripet | Vince | Warman | Webb | Weller | Weston | Wilson | Wybrevv | Total, 1952 | Total, 1951 |
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Infants under 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 148 | 49 | 85 | 112 | 119 | 175 | 97 | 128 | 135 | 146 | 138 | 120 | 68 | 7 | 75 | 164 | 145 | 126 | 96 | 108 | 127 | 140 | 139 | 167 | 154 | 155 | 141 | 137 | 115 | 128 | 3644 | 3692 |
Re-visits | 446 | 184 | 591 | 332 | 592 | 636 | 937 | 652 | 526 | 649 | 741 | 480 | 602 | 62 | 630 | 607 | 353 | 748 | 352 | 533 | 759 | 701 | 1197 | 854 | 544 | 915 | 640 | 562 | 837 | 514 | 18176 | 18650 |
Children 1—2 years— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 7 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 76 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 12 | 2 | 15 | — | — | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 8 | 206 | 248 |
Re-visits | 267 | 120 | 519 | 256 | 341 | 634 | 735 | 434 | 205 | 327 | 417 | 294 | 418 | 29 | 457 | 431 | 240 | 388 | 244 | 357 | 685 | 449 | 886 | 893 | 258 | 678 | 193 | 468 | 408 | 387 | 12418 | 11667 |
Children 2—5 years— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 12 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 97 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 12 | — | 29 | — | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 2 | — | 8 | 19 | 299 | 275 |
Re-visits | 773 | 171 | 514 | 412 | 843 | 732 | 946 | 1071 | 339 | 607 | 889 | 770 | 704 | 50 | 952 | 705 | 555 | 837 | 558 | 305 | 1081 | 1017 | 1811 | 1572 | 626 | 1265 | 541 | 1209 | 839 | 1027 | 23721 | 21759 |
Expectant Mothers— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 70 | 2 | — | 35 | 8 | — | 18 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 43 | 38 | 1 | — | 18 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 43 | 82 | 58 | 51 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 749 | 604 |
Re-visits | 6 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 44 | 2 | 7 | — | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 25 | — | 89 | 26 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 250 | 262 |
Still Births | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | —— | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 16 | 16 |
Deaths under 1 year | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 20 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 67 | 9 | 8 | 125 | 15 | 45 | 9 | 100 | 22 | 4 | 115 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 11 | 28 | 15 | 59 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 43 | 74 | 46 | 53 | 35 | 1058 | 811 |
Ineffective Visits | 373 | 355 | 575 | 380 | 311 | 613 | 551 | 201 | 465 | 450 | 509 | 352 | 113 | 23 | 337 | 920 | 169 | 534 | 445 | 355 | 592 | 506 | 306 | 396 | 631 | 740 | 324 | 822 | 405 | 396 | 13149 | 12705 |
Totals : 1952 | 2170 | 894 | 2312 | 1684 | 2253 | 3008 | 3343 | 2618 | 1739 | 2192 | 2865 | 2081 | 1924 | 172 | 2474 | 2898 | 1558 | 2650 | 1790 | 1678 | 3359 | 2878 | 4569 | 3975 | 2328 | 3845 | 1940 | 3254 | 2713 | 2541 | 73705 | — |
1951 | 2022 | 2295 | 1996 | — | 1931 | 3126 | 2973 | 3119 | 1583 | 1113 | 2010 | 3465 | 3715 | 915 | 2602 | 1616 | 1486 | — | 1351 | 1747 | 3019 | 2430 | 3376 | 2499 | 2326 | 3370 | 1912 | 2761 | 2610 | 3057 | — | *70664 |
* Including Health Visitors who left in 1951