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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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When recommended, dried milk and accessories can also be
purchased at the Clinics at cost price.
During 1940, 414 Child Welfare Sessions were held, and the
following table gives a summary of the attendances

Table: Table 1.

Table 1.

Individual Children attending2,633
Children attending for the first time1,111
Medical Consultations8,512
Attendances of Children under 1 year12,440
Attendances of Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years7,529
Average attendance per session48.2

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The percentage of notified live births, represented by the total
number of children who attended for the first time during the year,
and who on the date of their first attendance were under 1 year of
age was 96.8.
Ultra-violet Ray Therapy was again carried out during the year.
Dr. Christie has kindly tabulated .the statistics, as under. Altogether.
45 individual patients were treated. Of these 12 had had
less than 6 doses by the end of the year. These are excluded from
the table, as also 2 cases, who were the only patients in two
separate groups.

Table: Table 2.

Table 2.

Group 1. Debilated and Nervous Children.
,, 2. Children under weight.
,, 3. Rickety Children.
I.II.III.
No. of Individual Patients treated10912
Total No. of Exposures141163260
Total No. of Minutes86012722140
Average period of treatment in weeks7911.2
Minimum period of treatment in weeks2.564
Maximum period of treatment in weeks161818
Average No. of Doses ...14.118.121.7
Minimum No. of Doses5128
Maximum No. of Doses323637
Average strength of dose in minutes6.29.08.2
Minimum strength of dose in minutes4.04.04.0
Maximum strength of dose in minutes10.010.010.0
Average increase of weight in lbs.0.580.431.3
Average increase of height in inches1.11.52.2

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Table 3 relates to the Home Visits paid by the Health Visitors.