London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Stepney 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Visits by
Health
Visitors.
Infant Life
Protection.
Maternity
Nursing.
Maternity Nurses were supplied in two instances in doctors' cases under
the Council's Scheme free of cost to the patients.
Total visits of the eleven Infant Protection Visitors to
homes of foster mothers 273
Total visits of the eleven Infant Protection Visitors to
foster children 174
Other visits made by these visitors 219
HEALTH VISITORS' REPORT.
| DISTRICT | Wapping Shad well, S.W. | Mile End, N.W. Spitalfields. Whitechapel, M | Mile End, W. and part S. Whitechapel, E. | Limehouse, S. Ratcliff, S., | St. George's, N. and part S. Shad well, N. | Whitechapel, S. St. George's, W. Tower. | Mile End, S.E. | Mile End, N.E., part N. part S. | Mile End, C. Limehouse, N.W. | Limehouse, N. Ratcliffe, N. Mile End, part S. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | Miss Bailey | Miss Blackmore | Miss Brazier | Miss Carty | Miss Clements | Miss Clifford | Miss Cordwell | Miss Foucar | Miss Gibbs | Miss Styles | Total |
| Visits:— | |||||||||||
| Primary | 143 | 347 | 307 | 216 | 251 | 290 | 218 | 388 | 253 | 378 | 2,791 |
| Revisits:— | |||||||||||
| To infants under 1 year | 297 | 275 | 547 | 516 | 287 | 433 | 469 | 441 | 599 | 501 | 4,365 |
| To children between 1-5 years | 897 | 765 | 1022 | 1,187 | 845 | 1,012 | 688 | 977 | 882 | 1,322 | 9,597 |
| Ante-natal:— | |||||||||||
| Primary | 14 | 57 | 26 | 12 | 40 | 62 | 94 | 87 | 29 | 45 | 466 |
| Subsequent | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | — | 37 | 10 | — | — | 4 | 74 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| „ Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Measles | 137 | 149 | 76 | 116 | 199 | 135 | 170 | 232 | 176 | 193 | 1,583 |
| „ Revisits | 10 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 199 |
| Miscellaneous | 578 | 689 | 890 | 615 | 358 | 1,153 | 689 | 458 | 369 | 794 | 6,593 |
| Infant Life Protection | |||||||||||
| Visits to homes of foster mothers | 41 | 23 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 17 | - | - | 83 | |
| Visits to foster children | — | 54 | 27 | 16 | — | 6 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 139 |
| Other visits | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 22 |
| Totals | 2,080 | 2,436 | 2,944 | 2,700 | 2,029 | 3,140 | 2,393 | 2,630 | 2,343 | 3,267 | 25,962 |
| CENTRES ATTENDED:— | |||||||||||
| Municipal | 219 | 217 | 152 | 194 | 201 | 159 | 223 | 126 | 27 | 179 | 1,697 |
| Voluntary | 11 | — | 10 | — | — | 15 | — | 103 | 141 | 13 | 293 |
| Totals | 1 230 | 217 | 162 | 194 | 201 | 174 | 223 | 229 | 168 | 192 | 1,990 |