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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
Edmonton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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1. The crusade against preventible infantile mortality.
2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.
3. The visitation of consumptives and other tubercular persons.
4. The visitation of scholars at home when suffering from the nonnotifiable
infectious diseases or measles.
| Month. | After Birth. | Revisits. | After 6 mths. | After Death. | F.xpctnt. Mothers. | Stillbirths. | Nglctd. Children | Over 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78 | 88 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 20 | |
| February | 95 | 68 | 2 | 8 | 46 | - | 2 | - |
| March | 127 | 103 | 37 | 16 | 42 | 4 | - | 16 |
| April | 58 | 75 | 32 | 5 | 12 | - | 48 | |
| May | 88 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 7 |
| June | 59 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 35 |
| July | 2 | 69 | 61 | 1 | 13 | - | - | 124 |
| August | 5 | 132 | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - |
| September | 52 | 12 | 85 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - |
| October | 94 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 27 | — | - | |
| November | 20 | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - |
| December | 45 | 28 | 91 | 20 | 19 | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 723 | 644 | 359 | 86 | 251 | 9 | 5 | 255 |
| Month. | Factories. | Workshops | Laundries. | Outworkers. | Rooms Measured. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | - | - | 71 | - | |
| February | — | — | — | 91 | — |
| March | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| April | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | — | — | — | — | — |
| August | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | — | — | — | — | |
| October | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| November | — | — | — | — | — |
| December | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3 | — | 165 | — |
Note.—The lamented death of Miss Jennie Hudson, in September, after some
months' illness, accounts for the small amount of work done.