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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

Dagenham 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: Work of Health Visitors.The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Health Visitors during the year:—

Work of Health Visitors.

The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Health Visitors during the year:—

(a) To expectant mothersFirst visits538
Total visits829
(b) To children under one year of ageFirst visits2,107
Total visits7,409
(c) To children between the ages of one and five yearsTotal visits15,190
(d) Ineffective visitsTotal visits3,336
Grand Total26,764

Table: Supervision of Midwives.The following is a summary of the reasons for sending for medical help by midwives:—

Supervision of Midwives.

The following is a summary of the reasons for sending for medical help by midwives:—

Perineal Tear116
Prolonged Labour41
Rise of Temperature44
Discharging Eyes27
Miscarriage23
Ante-Partum Haemorrhage18
Premature Baby13
Malpresentation7
Post-Partum Haemorrhage7
Albuminuria7
Retained Placenta6
Feebleness of Infant4
Other Causes70
383
Notices summoning medical aid383
For (a) Mothers307
For (b) Infants76

Table: Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned conditions were received from midwives as under:—

Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned conditions were received from midwives as under:—

Liable to be sources of infection37
Infant Deaths13
Stillbirths12
Substitution of artificial feeding8
Laying out dead bodies2