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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

Orpington 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: HEALTH VISITOR.The Council employs one full-time Health Visitor, who works under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.

HEALTH VISITOR.

The Council employs one full-time Health Visitor, who works under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.

Cases Visited.Number of Visits.
Tuberculosis.
Primary—Pulmonary5656
Non-Pulmonary55
Re-Visits-Pulmonary173232
Non-Pulmonary5494
Measles144153
Scarlet Fever615
Small Pox and Diphtheria Contacts47
Other Visits90112
Totals532674

Table: The visits to cases of Tuberculosis have been as follows :—

The visits to cases of Tuberculosis have been as follows :—

PrimaryRevisitsOther Visits
P.N.P.P.N.P.
January412279
February6118927
March3—26812
April1—301217
May4—4214
June8—20918
July3—16662
August4—16838
September6—12616
October4—24720
November72241132
December6120922
TOTALS56523294287

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum Nil.