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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Particulars of the Health Visitors' visits and of the attendances at the various Welfare Centres during the year are given in the following tables :—
Annual Report for Year 1928.
VISITS.
Health Visitors' Districts. | ||||||||
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1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | Total. | |
No. of 1st visits to infants | 233 | 260 | 250 | 334 | 298 | 269 | 416 | 2,060 |
No. of re-visits to infants | 410 | 476 | 534 | 396 | 636 | 550 | 1,302 | 4,304 |
No. of 1st visits to children aged 1 to 5 years (irrespective of whether visited previously as an infant) | 103 | 204 | 189 | 158 | 108 | 193 | 951 | 1,906 |
No. of re-visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 1,065 | 1,095 | 855 | 1,391 | 1,100 | 1,230 | 1,320 | 8,056 |
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers | 53 | 59 | 70 | 86 | 96 | 95 | 133 | 592 |
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers | 34 | 62 | 76 | 60 | 28 | 62 | 131 | 453 |
No. of futile visits | 159 | 84 | 40 | 141 | 147 | 281 | 615 | 1,467 |
No. of interviews in connection with work | 344 | 243 | 618 | 486 | 87 | 486 | 541 | 2,805 |
*No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhoea | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
*No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ... | 22 |
*No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum ... | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | ... | 51 |
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 10 |
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 13 |
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 11 |
No. of Health Visitors' attendances at Clinics: (a) Hoxton Market Institute | 28 | 38 | 1 | ... | 62 | 101 | ... | 230 |
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre | ... | ... | 15 | 50 | ... | 14 | ... | 79 |
(c) Maternity Centre | 135 | 190 | 113 | 158 | 94 | 62 | ... | 752 |
52 | 46 | 48 | ... | 14 | 9 | ... | 169 | |
(e) School for Mothers Centre | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 323 | 323 |
* These visits are also included above.