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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 52 WEEKS ENDED 1st JANUARY, 1938, UPON THE WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS

Table No. 78

Health Visitors' Districts.
12345678910Total.
First visits to infants1681121961461258594115351601,236
Re-visits to infants3951653873592474573982742163303,228
Visits to children aged 1-5 years1,0095691,3977075441,1169568748517558,778
First visits to expectant mothers883610399826255871283707
Re-visits to expectant mothers1046437115387787905054716
Futile visits195692143254202343589061954243,340
Interviews, etc.5081394433715913213101861306033,602
First visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, etc.-378322---25
Re-visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, etc.181563-24
First visits to cases of puerperal fever------1--12
Re-visits to cases of puerperal fever-----------
First visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia21317
Re-visits to cases of puerperal pyrexia1517
Health Visitors' attendances at centres:—
(a) Hoxton Market Institute57252191158
(b) Hoxton Hall591344143
(c) St. Helen's Club32888844189
(d) Model Welfare Centre179365114214535437631,079
(e) Haggerston Hall449154
(f) Harbour Lights4147189
(g) School for Mothers------200209---409