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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
Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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1934] 14
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1934.
| District No | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | I.L.P. Not included in totals | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 592 | 513 | 540 | 754 | 670 | 799 | 354 | 10 | 4,222 | |
| II. | Births, Re-Visits, Infants under 1 Year | 289 | 350 | 573 | 604 | 508 | 985 | 458 | 19 | 3,767 | |
| III. | Visits to Children, between 1st and 2nd Years | 289 | 274 | 549 | 469 | 495 | 953 | 338 | 13 | 3,367 | |
| IV. | Visits to Children, between 2nd and 5th Years | 874 | 1,230 | 1,480 | 1,333 | 1,193 | 1,537 | 22 | 8,949 | ||
| V. | Visits re Still Births | 13 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 30 | 8 | - | 137 | |
| VI. | Deaths, Visits, re Infants under 1 Year | 12 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | - | 73 | |||
| VII. | Deaths, Visits, re Children 1 to 5 years | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 16 | ||
| VIII. | †Ante.Natal, Home Visits | F/226 239 | F/219 250 | f/213 266 | F/245 258 | F/174 186 | F/219 263 | F/5 7 | F/5 7 | f/1,438 1,640 | |
| IX. | †Puerperal | Fever, Home Visits | f/6 8 | F/6 11 | f/5 7 | F/8 19 | F/8 14 | F/10 16 | F/1 3 | F/1 3 | F/44 78 |
| Pyrexia, do. | f 1 | — | - | - | F 1 | F/2 4 | F 1 | - | F/5 7 | ||
| Totals | 2,319 | 2,655 | 3,455 | 3,474 | 3,100 | 4,603 | 2,650 | 74 | 22,256 | ||
| X. | Attendances at Welfare Centre* | 50 | 25 | 49 | 39 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 23 | 299 | |
| XI. | Other Work by Direction | 1,352 | 524 | 1,191 | 644 | 572 | 1,008 | 1,473 | 19 | 6,764 | |
| XII. | Visits Declined | — | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| XIII | Visits, House Shut | 643 | 1,076 | 588 | 7 | 5,566 | |||||
| XIV. | Visits, Inopportune | 80 | 12 | - | 26 | 8 | 11 | 2 | - | 139 | |
| Grand Total of Visits | 4,444 | 4,292 | 5,419 | 5,114 | 4,869 | 6,257 | 4,633 | 123 | 35,028 | ||
| *Specify nature of work—e.g., M.O. Consultation, Weighing babies, Dressings, Temperature taking, Selling of Dried Milk. Talk to Mothers, subject dealt with and time occupied. | |||||||||||