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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

Romford 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: Table 6.

Table 6.

I.II.III.IV.V.
No. of Individual Patients treated201272315
Total No. of Exposures34816978401274
Total No. of Minutes3028147858032842212
Average period of treatment in weeks8.775.68.79
Minimum period of treatment in weeks33.5333.5
Maximum period of treatment in weeks2012121218
Average No. of doses17.41411.217.418
Minimum No. of doses67667
Maximum No. of doses4024242436
Average strength of dose in minutes8.78.77.488
Minimum strength of dose in minutes44444
Maximum strength of dose in minutes1010101010
Average increase of weight in lbs..59.93.3.76.88
Average increase in hegiht in inches.87.81.461.88.99

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Table 7 relates to the Home Visits paid by the Health Visitors.

Table: TABLE 7.

TABLE 7.

(a) To Expectant Mothers.
First Visits68
Total Visits104
(b) To Children under One Year of age.
First Visits815
Total Visits2,399
(c) To Children between the Ages of 1 and 5 years.
Total Visits4,749
3. Child Life Protection.

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In Bomford, each Health Visitor also holds the appointment of
Child Protection Visitor under Sections 206 to 220 of the Public
Health Act, 1936.

Table: TABLE 8.

TABLE 8.

(a) Number of Persons who were receiving Children for reward at the end of the year42
(b) Number of Children:
(1) At the end of the year50
(2) Who died during the year0
(3) On whom inquest were held during the year0
(c) Number of Child Protection Visitors at the end of the year who were:
(1) Health Visitors3
(2) Female, other than Health Visitors0
(3) Male0