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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

Ealing 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.

Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.

Visits to children under 12 months :—(1940)(1941)
First visits2,4021,813
Return visits4,3324,527
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age6,3938,260
Visits to expectant mothers1,1901,144
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births7146
Special visits or investigations424403
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum103
Visits to cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum——
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough397440
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the Isolation Hospital2629
Inspections of Women's Lavatories6357
Visits to children under care of foster-mothers634406
Other visits12981
Total Visits15,97117,209

Table: Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Mothers.
Expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinics :—(1940)(1941)
Attending for the first time1,4661,739
Total attendances7,0238,383
Nursing mothers attending Post-natal Clinics :—
Attending for the first time185207
Total attendances205254
Children.
Children attending Centres for the first time :—(1940)(1941)
Under one year of age2,0441,778
One to five years of age1,2751,125
Total attendances made by children :—
Under one year of age13,48921,469
One to five years of age14,47113,884

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Medical Examination of Pre-School Children.—The number of
complete medical examinations of children from one to five years
of age are indicated in the following table :—