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 VISITORS MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE - 1960
Visits | Miss Barnes Com. 3. 10.60 | Mrs. A.CL Batt | Miss Bird | Mrs. Blackburn | Miss Blackmore | Miss Blest | Miss Brown Kenyon | Miss Butcher Com. 25. 4.60 | Miss Devaney | Miss Early | Miss Eldridge | Miss Dnms | Miss Gabain Com. L2.60 | Mrs. Green | Miss Hall | Miss Harrington | Mrs. Hartog | Mrs. Hastings | Miss Hawkins | Miss Hodgson Left 17. 6760 | Mrs. Laing | Miss Llewellyn | Miss Love 11 | Mrs. Mayo | Miss Storton | Miss Partridge | Miss Phillips | Miss Vince | Mrs. Wilson | Miss wybrew | Total - I960 | Total - 1959 |
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Infants under 1 year - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 61 | 130 | 105 | 132 | 82 | 162 | 132 | 127 | 126 | 85 | 207 | 186 | 153 | 126 | 181 | 210 | 214 | 208 | 197 | 88 | 111 | 133 | 112 | 145 | 215 | 148 | 396 | 146 | 123 | 144 | 4585 | 4332 |
Re-Visits | 122 | 218 | 353 | 667 | 174 | 373 | 454 | 399 | 404 | 756 | 641 | 529 | 576 | 380 | 605 | 598 | 634 | 309 | 371 | 177 | 183 | 52 | 207 | 590 | 437 | 306 | 747 | 488 | 463 | 590 | 12803 | 11171 |
Children 1-2 years - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | - | 49 | 4 | - | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | 46 | 6 | 8 | - | 5 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 37 | 38 | 21 | - | 13 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 21 | 9 | 499 | 586 |
Re-Visits | 34 | 110 | 265 | 272 | 138 | 203 | 241 | 192 | 336 | 575 | 396 | 379 | 194 | 422 | 274 | 359 | 414 | 394 | 252 | 84 | 63 | 33 | 87 | 460 | 176 | 217 | 345 | 464 | 275 | 368 | 8022 | 7425 |
Children 2-5 years - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | - | 158 | 4 | - | 4 | - | 21 | - | 48 | 2 | 5 | - | 7 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 88 | 35 | 44 | - | 11 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 76 | 19 | 16 | 706 | 656 |
Re- Visits | 48 | 275 | 294 | 408 | 223 | 497 | 386 | 277 | 384 | 414 | 550 | 463 | 503 | 712 | 563 | 399 | 820 | 404 | 458 | 53 | 94 | 47 | 152 | 539 | 525 | 548 | 357 | 430 | 319 | 821 | 11963 | 11040 |
Expectant Mothers - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 49 | 24 | 69 | 10 | 37 | 64 | 622 | 511 |
Re-Visits | - | - | - | 30 | - | 4 | 32 | 6 | 5 | - | 16 | 5 | 3 | - | 58 | 71 | - | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 159 | 7 | 11 | - | 486 | 375 |
Still Births | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 14 | 20 |
Deaths under 1 year | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 15 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 30 | 36 | 286 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 215 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 46 | 79 | 7 | - | 255 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 101 | 40 | 25 | 740 | 80 | 4 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 2414 | 1699 |
Ineffective Visits | 68 | 216 | 357 | 723 | 129 | 257 | 324 | 479 | 131 | 627 | 138 | 215 | 763 | 490 | 755 | 477 | 680 | 419 | 323 | 196 | 206 | 111 | 212 | 437 | 405 | 143 | 343 | 199 | 344 | 329 | 10496 | 10729 |
Totals - 1960 | 365 | 1193 | 1677 | 2235 | 827 | 1527 | 1851 | 1546 | 1541 | 2470 | 2020 | 1871 | 2229 | 2181 | 2795 | 2195 | 2940 | 1862 | 1835 | 641 | 713 | 1193 | 951 | 2225 | 1838 | 1508 | 2449 | 1972 | 1626 | 2345 | 52621 | - |
Totals - I959 | - | 199 | 1644 | 1976 | 757 | 1544 | 1206 | - | 1310 | 2247 | 1959 | 1815 | - | 2697 | 2099 | 1862 | 2580 | 1690 | 2313 | 1751 | 575 | 2081 | 869 | 2195 | 1417 | 1095 | 1850 | 2249 | 1779 | 1947 | - | 48559* |
•Including Health Visitors who left in 1959.
Nunber of families or household visited during the year 10,411