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 Ealing]
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Mothers referred for dental treatment to School Clinic 15
Mothers supplied with artificial dentures 4
Children referred to King Edward Hospital for minor
operations 34
Children admitted to King Edward Hospital as indoor
patients 2
Children referred to special London Hospitals 21
Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinic:
First Visits 245
Re-visits 87
Number of Consultations by Consultant at Centre 332
Mothers referred to King Edward Hospital 21
Aid provided for mothers at confinement:
Consultant aid—cases 5
Medical aid—cases 6
Midwives—cases 13
Home Helps—cases 26
Dried Milk supplied at costprice Value £395 11 11
Virol supplied at cost price „ £104 12 5
Cod Liver Oil supplied at cost price „ £79 16 10
Number of Maternity Cases admitted to the Chiswick and
Ealing Maternity Hospital 233
Amount received for Treatment at Maternity Hospital £876 3 9
Expectant or Nursing Mothers receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 607
Children under 5 years of age receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 556
The following is a Summary of the Work of the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months:
First Bisits 823
Return Visits 2,170
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 3,171
Visits to expectant mothers 236
Visits to children or mothers attending the Welfare Centre 1,463
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 54
Special visits or investigations 257
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 21
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever 6