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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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No. of Individual Patients treated14418146
Total No. of Exposures2259437325377
Total No. of Minutes176261032062078620
Average period of treatment in weeks8.59.511.410.39.7
Minimum period of treatment in weeks46655
Maximum period of treatment in weeks1612181812
Average No. of doses1623.520.71812.8
Minimum No. of doses612898
Maximum No. of doses3424363624
Average strength of dose in minutes76.48.68.28.0
Minimum strength of dose in minutes44444
Maximum strength of dose in minutes1010101010
Average increase of weight in lbs.1.21.21.41.21.1
Average increase of height in inches1.41.41.22.51.0

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(a) To Expectant Mothers.
First Visits34
Total Visits40
(b) To Children under One Year of age.
First Visits853
Total Visits2,228
(c) To Children btween the Ages of 1 and 5 years.
Total Visits4,607

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(iii) Child Life Protection.

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Table 4.

(a)Number of persons who were receiving children for reward at the end of the year40
(b)Number of children:—
(1) At the end of the year56
(2) Who died during the year2
(3) On whom inquests 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
(d)Number of persons (in addition to or in lieu of Visitors under (c) above) or Societies authorised to visit under the proviso to Section 209 (2) of the Public Health Act, 19360