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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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THE WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS
The recorded visits include 1,363 made for special purposes in
connection with re-housing, day nurseries, follow up of hospital
cases and aged persons. The practice of visiting foster children
on behalf of the Children's Officer continued and numbered 816
during 1953. Health Visitors have also dealt with special survey
visits for certain national investigations into child health.
Records have been re-arranged to show clearly the function of
the Health Visitor as an advisor to the family unit and figures
are now included giving visits to households which brings out this
point.