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 - MAT E R N I TY AND CHILD WELFARE - 1962
Visits | Miss Batt | Miss Bird | Mrs. Blackburn | Miss Blackmore Left 27.4.62 | Miss Blest | Miss Brown Kenyon Left 26.4.62 | Miss Butcher | Mrs. D. Cannell Com. 17.9.62 | Mrs. Collins | Miss Devaney | Miss Edridge | Miss Emms | Miss Flaxman Com. 5.2.62 | Miss Gabian | Mrs. Glucksmam | Miss Grace | Miss Hall | Mrs. Hartog | Miss Hastings | Miss Hawkins | Mrs. Ivens | Mrs. Laing | Miss Llewellyn | Mrs. McAlister Com. 3.9.62 | Mrs. Mayo | Miss Otway | Miss Partridge | Miss Vince | Mrs. Wilson | Miss Wybrow | Total 1962 | Total 1961 |
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Infants under 1 year - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 76 | 88 | 172 | 32 | 201 | 51 | 236 | 44 | 205 | 126 | 102 | 197 | 145 | 147 | 276 | 167 | 200 | 184 | 185 | 245 | 291 | 127 | 146 | 61 | 128 | 158 | 144 | 106 | 154 | 181 | 4875 | 4889 |
Re-Visits | 392 | 346 | 761 | 64 | 287 | 90 | 416 | 115 | 523 | 402 | 366 | 645 | 333 | 454 | 1062 | 632 | 516 | 544 | 404 | 545 | 288 | 309 | 467 | 80 | 502 | 378 | 360 | 817 | 588 | 400 | 13086 | 13747 |
Children 1-2 years - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 1 | 9 | - | 3 | 85 | 6 | - | 2 | 23 | 38 | 11 | - | - | 5 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40 | - | 40 | 8 | 441 | 375 |
Re-Visits | 178 | 306 | 276 | 64 | 106 | 72 | 240 | 85 | 296 | 310 | 248 | 439 | 198 | 258 | 500 | 178 | 305 | 343 | 584 | 240 | 78 | 69 | 228 | 53 | 457 | 255 | 236 | 699 | 383 | 380 | 8064 | 8483 |
Children 2-5 years - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 1 | 11 | - | 2 | 204 | 5 | - | - | 22 | 42 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 27 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 40 | 53 | 7 | 16 | 3 | - | 10 | 28 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 636 | 509 |
Re-Visits | 291 | 308 | 418 | 88 | 210 | 148 | 359 | 145 | 364 | 354 | 564 | 375 | 376 | 613 | 794 | 365 | 413 | 731 | 657 | 453 | 87 | 148 | 399 | 25 | 583 | 413 | 656 | 725 | 458 | 805 | 12528 | 13666 |
Expectant Mothers - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Visits | 7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 25 | - | 56 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 53 | 15 | 44 | 32 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 77 | 27 | 12 | 60 | 51 | 721 | 740 |
Re-Visits | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | 35 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 9 | - | 332 | 509 |
Still Births | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 9 | |
Deaths under 1 year | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | 16 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 61 | 129 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 85 | 11 | - | 74 | 49 | 72 | 18 | 83 | 107 | 63 | 241 | 3 | - | 217 | 163 | 39 | 95 | 35 | 1 | 110 | 71 | 9 | - | 26 | 1834 | 4728 |
Ineffective Visits | 158 | 369 | 663 | 40 | 268 | 59 | 389 | 95 | 363 | 415 | 153 | 184 | 254 | 494 | 390 | 434 | 511 | 461 | 342 | 356 | 293 | 312 | 382 | 88 | 461 | 412 | 147 | 265 | 321 | 314 | 9393 | 10576 |
Totals - 1962 | 1167 | 1582 | 2325 | 309 | 1409 | 494 | 1755 | 497 | 1887 | 1764 | 1519 | 2156 | 1350 | 2094 | 3266 | 1866 | 2317 | 2354 | 2237 | 2139 | 1324 | 1026 | 1817 | 366 | 2153 | 1846 | 1736 | 2639 | 2053 | 2183 | 51630 | - |
Totals - 1961 | 1111 | 2811 | 1984 | 898 | 1481 | 1933 | 1882 | - | 2155 | 957 | 1713 | 2163 | - | 2325 | 3583 | 616 | 2822 | 2967 | 1848 | 2122 | 648 | 646 | - | - | 2215 | 1120 | 1627 | 2096 | 2049 | 2787 | - | *58247 |
Includes Health Visitors rtio left In 1961
Number of families or households visited during the year 10,994