Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work for the Year 1925
by
Dr. Maitland Radford.
Health Visitors' Districts. | ||||||||
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1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | Total. | |
No. of 1st visits to infants | 298 | 311 | 281 | 406 | 400 | 257 | 540 | 2,493 |
No. of re-visits to infants | 650 | 725 | 479 | 630 | 652 | 674 | 1,404 | 5,214 |
No. of 1st visits to children aged 1 to 5 years (irrespective of whether visited previously as an infant) | 121 | 179 | 167 | 195 | 190 | 356 | 803 | 2,011 |
No. of re-visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 894 | 945 | 587 | 1,217 | 1,058 | 536 | 2,077 | 7,314 |
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers | 51 | 66 | 42 | 70 | 102 | 45 | 188 | 564 |
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers | 30 | 90 | 50 | 48 | 66 | 16 | 157 | 463 |
No. of futile visits | 210 | 165 | 111 | 196 | 185 | 312 | 681 | 1,860 |
No. of interviews in connection with work | 226 | 167 | 337 | 353 | 96 | 120 | 834 | 2,133 |
No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
*No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | |
*No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | ... | 11 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | ... | 45 |
No. of 1st vists to cases of puerperal fever | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 |
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal fever | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
No. of Health Visitors' attendances at Clinics: | ||||||||
33 | ... | ... | 12 | 24 | 36 | ... | 105 | |
8 | ... | 38 | 50 | 2 | 11 | ... | 109 | |
(c) Maternity Centre | 107 | 166 | 120 | 129 | 124 | 96 | ... | 742 |
37 | 42 | 46 | ... | 22 | ... | 1 | 148 | |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 323 | 323 |
* These visits are also included above.