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. 1953
Visits Re | Baker | Bird | Blackmore | Blest | Chapman Comm. 1/5/53 | Devaney | Early | Eldridge | Elliott | Griggs | Hall | Hinton | Llewlly Comm. 2/3/53 | Lucey | Morton | Partridge | Pickering | Rawlings | Theison | Thompson | Toneri | Tripet | Vince | Warman Deputy from | Webb | Weller | Weston | Wilson | Wybrew | Total, 1953 | Total, 1952 |
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Infants under 1 year— First Visits | 130 | 70 | 162 | 150 | 103 | 160 | 100 | 145 | 164 | 145 | 129 | 52 | 127 | 128 | 141 | 63 | 125 | 147 | 120 | 130 | 169 | 187 | 144 | 19 | 155 | 127 | 140 | 133 | 134 | 3699 | 3644 |
Re-visits | 260 | 712 | 650 | 531 | 424 | 468 | 977 | 632 | 471 | 757 | 745 | 732 | 657 | 569 | 450 | 231 | 873 | 295 | 551 | 594 | 760 | 1070 | 683 | 61 | 830 | 454 | 598 | 832 | 546 | 17413 | 18176 |
Children 1-2 years- First Visits | 10 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 69 | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 9 | 184 | 206 |
Re-visits | 143 | 602 | 467 | 314 | 297 | 429 | 673 | 373 | 147 | 460 | 392 | 579 | 434 | 422 | 346 | 165 | 358 | 233 | 323 | 471 | 452 | 608 | 911 | 30 | 544 | 170 | 382 | 375 | 346 | 11446 | 12418 |
Children 2-5 years— First Visits | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 105 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | _ | _ | 11 | _ | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 7 | 24 | 246 | 299 |
Re-visits | 477 | 724 | 615 | 757 | 628 | 507 | 814 | 885 | 305 | 961 | 965 | 463 | 645 | 743 | 564 | 386 | 761 | 405 | 336 | 724 | 964 | 1255 | 1412 | 72 | 982 | 427 | 976 | 756 | 997 | 20506 | 23721 |
Expectant Mothers— First Visits | 30 | 4 | 64 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 42 | 83 | 43 | – | 58 | 36 | 56 | 14 | 11 | 36 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 72 | 33 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 61 | 46 | 869 | 749 |
Re-visits | 4 | - | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | - | 22 | — | 3 | – | 26 | 4 | — . | 18 | 2 | 59 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | 245 | 250 |
Still Births | - | - | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 16 |
Deaths under 1 year | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | — | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | — | – | — | 22 | 19 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 23 | 327 | 277 | 229 | 11 | 258 | 185 | 99 | 318 | 569 | 223 | 92 | 11 | 190 | 233 | 32 | 4 | 51 | 14 | 228 | 190 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 816 | 27 | 42 | 231 | 199 | 4930 | 1058 |
Ineffective Visits | 217 | 555 | 537 | 306 | 655 | 321 | 374 | 164 | 245 | 510 | 498 | 116 | 503 | 287 | 734 | 96 | 348 | 374 | 330 | 337 | 517 | 194 | 225 | 47 | 623 | 233 | 771 | 267 | 448 | 10832 | 13149 |
Totals 1953 | 1302 | 3002 | 2799 | 2330 | 2148 | 2320 | 3197 | 2329 | 1716 | 3497 | 3000 | 2034 | 2474 | 2386 | 2546 | 992 | 2507 | 1565 | 1681 | 2529 | 3080 | 3473 | 3440 | 254 | 3995 | 1465 | 2925 | 2667 | 2749 | 70402 | — |
1952 | 2170 | 2312 | 1684 | 2253 | — | 3008 | 3343 | 2618 | 1739 | 2865 | 2081 | 1924 | — | 2474 | 2898 | 1558 | 2650 | 1790 | 1678 | 3359 | 2878 | 4569 | 3975 | 2328 | 3845 | 1940 | 3254 | 2713 | 2541 | _ | 73705 |