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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

Shoreditch 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Particulars of the Health Visitors' visits and of the attendances at the various Welfare Centres during the year are given in the following tablesVisits.

Particulars of the Health Visitors' visits and of the attendances at the various Welfare Centres during the year are given in the following tables

Visits.

Health Visitors' Districts.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.Total.
No. of 1st visits to infants1972732172872842473951,900
No. of re-visits to infants3464415453446025041,2364,018
No. of 1st visits to children aged 1 to 5 years (irrespective of whether visited previously as an infant)149116150146791601,0231,823
No. of re-visits to children aged 1 to 5 years6411,1021,0011,2271,0851,1561,4117,623
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers798671689197149641
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers637566495855149515
No. of futile visits246961411442073015501,685
No. of interviews in connection with work3453584795601024829643,290
*No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhoea1...1............2
*No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum4107813...33
*No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum4127925...39
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever......12.........3
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal fever.........1.........1
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia453433...22
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia651451...22
No. of Health Visitors' attendances at Centres:
(a) Hoxton Market Institute32......26101132...291
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre85525...70
(c) Maternitv Centre..1242051011318541...687
(d) Harbour Lights Centre484052319...153
(e) School for Mothers Centre..................315315

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* These visits are also included above.