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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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15 [1934
SUMMARY OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS FOR YEAR ENDING 1934—
| District No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | a | 6 | 7 | I.L.P. Not included in totals | Totals. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of Visits included in I.-IX. relating to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (aa) | †Reported Ophthalmia | f/8 16 | f/6 11 | f/14 24 | f/7 17 | F/28 64 | f/39 79 | F/8 15 | — | f/110 226 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | †Ophthalmia Neonatorum | F/10 25 | f/4 6 | F/9 18 | f/6 12 | f/12 18 | F/10 34 | f/4 9 | — | F/55 122 | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | †Epidemic (Summer) Diarrhoea | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 6 | 9 | 12 | - | 6 | 5 | 12 | — | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Rickets | 20 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| (f) | †Measles and German Measles | f 8 | F/14 15 | f/16 18 | - | F 7 | f 11 | F 12 | - | f/68 71 | ||||||||||||||
| (g) | †Whooping Cough | F 7 | - | F 20 | - | F 6 | F 10 | F 15 | - | f 58 | ||||||||||||||
| (h) | Tuberculous Disease—P=Pulmonary; O= Other | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | — | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| (j) | †Polio-myelitis | — | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| (k) | Premature Birth | 18 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 17 | - | 96 | ||||||||||||||
| (l) | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| (m) | All other investigations (**Specify) | 24 | 9 | 8 | - | 9 | 6 | 4 | — | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| (n) | Routine Visits included in I. to IX. and not included in (aa) to (m) | 2,194 | 2,598 | 3,336 | 3,428 | 2,973 | 4,426 | 2,566 | 74 | 21,521 | ||||||||||||||
| ***Totals (aa) to (n) | 2,319 | 2,655 | 3,455 | 3,474 | 3,100 | 4,603 | 2,650 | 74 | 22,256 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Families Visited | 1,746 | 1,891 | 2,623 | 2,691 | 2,247 | 3,610 | 2,066 | 67 | 16,874 | |||||||||||||||
| Registered Births. | New Cases Handed to H.Vs. for Visitation. | Infant Mortality. | Maternal Mortality. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. | Rate. | Notified Births. | Non-Notified Births. | Transfers In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | ||||||||||
| 4624 | 14.72 | 4,663 | 58 | 785 | 289 | 62 | 12 | 2.53 | 54 | . 47 | 67 | 60 | 60 | 38 | ||||||||||
| **e.g.—Infectious Diseases other than Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhcea, Polio-myelitis, etc. Syphilis, Rheumatism, N.N.B. Illegit., etc. ***Totals (aa) to (n) should correspond with Totals I. to IX. †F. in front of figures denotes a ''First Visit.'' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||