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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Twenty-eight notices were received under Section 7 of the
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939, and in these cases
the Health Visitors have carried out supervisory duties. Visits
have also been made to other cases of adoption in which notice had
not been given under the Act.

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

Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.

(1945)(1946)
Visits to children under 12 months:—
First visits2,6174,182
Return visits ...5,4423,092
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age8,0064,920
Visits to expectant mothers1,5721,676
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births5223
Special visits or investigations207253
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum6—
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough...26921
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the Isolation Hospital9783
Inspections of Women's Lavatories3731
Visits to children under care of foster-mothers363251
Other visits326304
Total Visits18,99414,836

Table: Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Mothers.(1945)(1946)
Expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinics
Attending for the first time2,2582,936
Total attendances12,88515,303
Nursing mothers attending Post-natal Clinics:—
Attending for the first time123135
Total attendances130143
Children.
Children attending Centres for the first time:—
Under one year of age2,2752,721
One to five years of age365376
Total attendances made by children:—
Under one year of age28,62931,426
One to five years of age13,54112,483