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Stepney 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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VISITS BY HEALTH VISITORS.

The following table shows the number of visits, etc. paid by the Municipal Health Visitors during the year.

Visits:- Primary1,946
Revisits:- To infants under 1 year5,735
To children between 1-5 years11,422
Ante-natal:- Primary983
Subsequent624
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4
Puerperal Fever4
„ Pyrexia8
Measles699
„ Revisits178
Scabies677
Miscellaneous3,759
Attempted visits3,075
Child Life Protection:- Visits to homes of foster mothers2
Visits to foster children59
Other visits22
Tota129,177
Centres attended1,702
Scabies Clinic attended84
Total1,786
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES AND ANTE-NATAL CLINICS. Details of the work at the Municipal Infant Welfare Centres and Ante-Natal Clinics will be seen in the following table.
No. of Infant Welfare Sessions (total)682
" Attendances of InfantS15,394
" " Children 1 to 59,268
" Infants on Registers at end of the year1,436
" Children " " " "2,023
" Ante-Natal Sessions98
" " New Cases251
" " Attendances1,045
" Doctors Consultations790
Toddlers Clinics:
No. of sessions held12
" first attendances82
Total attendances151
No. of toddlers found with defects103
Total No. of defects found103

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