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 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.