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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
Leyton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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SECTION 24
HEALTH VISITING
Health Visitors
During the year the Health Visitors made 19,687 visits to homes.
(a) To expectant mothers -
First visits 231
Subsequent visits 189
(b) To children under 1 year of age:-
Pirst visits 1254
Subsequent visits 4789
(C) To children between the ages of 1 and 5
years:-
First visits 208
Subsequent visits 6414
(d) Other visits:-
Whooping cough -
Measles -
Ophthalmia neonatorum -
Discharging eyes -
Diarrhoea -
Puerperal Pyrexia 15
Children's Act 8
After deaths 85
After stillbirths 20
Miscellaneous 1412
Ineffective 2765
Old people 2267
Hospital follow-up 30
Pemphigus neonatorum -
SECTION 25
HOME NURSING
Number of new cases 1305
Number of visits paid to above 49817
SECTION 26
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Vaccination against Smallpox
NUMBER OF PERSONS VACCINATED (OR RE-VACCINATED):-
| Age at date of Vaccination | Under 6 months | 6-12 months | 1 year | 2-4 years | 5-14 years | 15 years and over | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number vaccinated | 674 | 117 | 18 | 48 | 91 | 108 | 1056 |
| Number re-vaccinated | - | - | - | 3 | 37 | 185 | 225 |
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