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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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In conjunction with the Education Authority a scheme was
introduced for a practical course of training in Mothercraft to
be given to the pupils of Modern Secondary Schools by the Staff
of the Day Nurseries. For an experimental period it was arranged
for senior girls from Costons School to attend Stanhope Day
Nursery. So successful was this that the scheme has now been
extended to include all Secondary Modern Schools in the Borough.
Changes in the staff included the resignation of Dr. Dorothy
Taylor, Senior Assistant Medical Officer, after 15 years' service,
on her appointment as a Principal Assistant Medical Officer to the
Middlesex County Council. Also the retirement of Miss Farrow,
Senior Health Visitor, after 26½ years' service.
Maternity and Child Welfare Services—Statistics. (1st January, 1948—4th July, 1948).
Visits made by the Health Visitors
| (1947) | (1948) (six months) | |
|---|---|---|
| Visits to children under 12 months:— | ||
| First visits | 3,656 | 1,625 |
| Return visits | 3,711 | 2,684 |
| Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age | 5,099 | 3,291 |
| Visits to expectant mothers | 1,588 | 503 |
| Visits to investigate infant deaths and stillbirths | 13 | 6 |
| Special visits or investigations | 211 | 167 |
| Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | — |
| Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough | 71 | 82 |
| Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the Isolation Hospital | 29 | 12 |
| Visits to cases of Poliomyelitis | 9 | — |
| Inspections of Women's Lavatories | 22 | 8 |
| Visits to children under care of foster-mothers | 294 | 148 |
| Other visits | 103 | 49 |
| Total Visits | 14,812 | 8,575 |