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
Visits.
Health Visitors' Districts. | ||||||||
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1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | Total. | |
No. of 1st visits to infants | 197 | 273 | 217 | 287 | 284 | 247 | 395 | 1,900 |
No. of re-visits to infants | 346 | 441 | 545 | 344 | 602 | 504 | 1,236 | 4,018 |
No. of 1st visits to children aged 1 to 5 years (irrespective of whether visited previously as an infant) | 149 | 116 | 150 | 146 | 79 | 160 | 1,023 | 1,823 |
No. of re-visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 641 | 1,102 | 1,001 | 1,227 | 1,085 | 1,156 | 1,411 | 7,623 |
No. of 1st visits to expectant mothers | 79 | 86 | 71 | 68 | 91 | 97 | 149 | 641 |
No. of re-visits to expectant mothers | 63 | 75 | 66 | 49 | 58 | 55 | 149 | 515 |
No. of futile visits | 246 | 96 | 141 | 144 | 207 | 301 | 550 | 1,685 |
No. of interviews in connection with work | 345 | 358 | 479 | 560 | 102 | 482 | 964 | 3,290 |
*No. of 1st visits to infants with diarrhoea | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
*No. of 1st visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ... | 33 |
*No. of re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ... | 39 |
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal fever | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
No. of 1st visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | 22 |
No. of re-visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | 22 |
No. of Health Visitors' attendances at Centres: | ||||||||
(a) Hoxton Market Institute | 32 | ... | ... | 26 | 101 | 132 | ... | 291 |
(b) Hoxton Hall Centre | 8 | 5 | 52 | 5 | ... | 70 | ||
(c) Maternitv Centre.. | 124 | 205 | 101 | 131 | 85 | 41 | ... | 687 |
(d) Harbour Lights Centre | 48 | 40 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ... | 153 |
(e) School for Mothers Centre | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 315 | 315 |
* These visits are also included above.