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 -1959
Visits | Mrs. A. D. Batt com. 9.11.50 | MIss Bird | Miss Blackmore | Miss Blest | Mrs. Brand Left 31.5.59 | Miss Brown Kenyon com. 19.5.59 | Miss Devaney | Miss Early | Miss Eldridge | Miss Emms | Mrs. Green | Miss Hall | Miss Harrington com. 2.2.59 | Mrs. Hartog Com. 2.2.59 | Mrs. Hastings | Miss Hawkins | Miss Hodgson | Miss Hughes | Mrs. Laing | Miss Llewellyn | Miss Lovell | Mr& Mayo | Miss Morton | Miss Partridge | Miss Phillips | Miss Pickering | Miss Thompson | Miss Vinee | Mrs. Wilson | Miss wybrew | TOTAL 1959 | TOTAL 1958 |
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Infants under 1 year- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pirst Visits | 12 | 99 | 78 | 150 | 54 | 121 | 98 | 100 | 232 | 200 | 137 | 160 | 179 | 181 | 202 | 242 | 159 | 107 | 57 | 133 | 129 | 145 | 167 | 113 | 343 | 124 | 24 | 338 | 102 | 143 | 4332 | 4199 |
Re-visits | 23 | 324 | 132 | 374 | 159 | 324 | 308 | 654 | 560 | 495 | 469 | 454 | 441 | 508 | 308 | 516 | 506 | 221 | 51 | 616 | 157 | 546 | 374 | 235 | 561 | 480 | 129 | 328 | 457 | 461 | 11171 | 10988 |
Children 1-2 years- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 19 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 18 | - | 50 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 2 | - | 5 | 12 | - | - | 313 | 23 | 6 | 586 | 544 |
Re-visits | 7 | 305 | 137 | 211 | 94 | 131 | 271 | 452 | 294 | 358 | 480 | 295 | 321 | 386 | 320 | 278 | 217 | 153 | 43 | 379 | 86 | 403 | 165 | 145 | 213 | 242 | 102 | 328 | 305 | 304 | 7425 | 7100 |
Children 2-5 years- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pirst Visits | 73 | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 4 | - | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | 218 | 36 | 11 | 656 | 694 |
Re-visits | 23 | 273 | 213 | 505 | 213 | 265 | 339 | 401 | 552 | 433 | 819 | 397 | 328 | 864 | 339 | 480 | 222 | 137 | 121 | 461 | 143 | 502 | 440 | 369 | 202 | 337 | 244 | 334 | 369 | 715 | 11040 | 10179 |
Expectant Mothers- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | - | 9 | 23 | 21 | - | 13 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | - | 47 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 35 | 511 | 553 |
Re-visits | - | - | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | 41 | - | 1 | 9 | 3 | 33 | - | 32 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 14 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | 375 | 406 |
Still Births | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 11 |
Deaths under 1 year | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 15 | 12 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 16 | 296 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 81 | 3 | 44 | 100 | 19 | 186 | 23 | 34 | 27 | 109 | 75 | 67 | 69 | 15 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 75 | 16 | 100 | 28 | 101 | 24 | 2 | 1609 | 1142 |
Ineffective Visits | 26 | 333 | 95 | 249 | 96 | 297 | 186 | 620 | 245 | 176 | 747 | 545 | 477 | 567 | 437 | 581 | 560 | 505 | 224 | 362 | 185 | 524 | 245 | 117 | 351 | 665 | 344 | 282 | 418 | 270 | 10729 | 9440 |
TOTALS 1959 | 199 | 1644 | 757 | 1544 | 639 | 1206 | 1310 | 2247 | 1959 | 1815 | 2697 | 2099 | 1862 | 2580 | 1690 | 2313 | 1751 | 1333 | 575 | 2081 | 869 | 2195 | 1417 | 1095 | 1850 | 1976 | 881 | 2249 | 1779 | 1947 | 48559 | - |
TOTALS 1958 | - | 1780 | 1062 | 1810 | 1780 | - | 2544 | 2533 | 2051 | 1742 | 1684 | 2453 | - | - | 1605 | 2163 | 1334 | 49 | 579 | 2228 | 1091 | 1169 | 1448 | 1405 | 2487 | 1823 | 38 | 2489 | 2021 | 1102 | - | 45268* |
*Including Health Visitors who left in 1958.
Number of families or households visited during the year 9.319