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 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:- Primary | 1,946 |
Revisits:- To infants under 1 year | 5,735 |
To children between 1-5 years | 11,422 |
Ante-natal:- Primary | 983 |
Subsequent | 624 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 4 |
„ Pyrexia | 8 |
Measles | 699 |
„ Revisits | 178 |
Scabies | 677 |
Miscellaneous | 3,759 |
Attempted visits | 3,075 |
Child Life Protection:- Visits to homes of foster mothers | 2 |
Visits to foster children | 59 |
Other visits | 22 |
Tota1 | 29,177 |
Centres attended | 1,702 |
Scabies Clinic attended | 84 |
Total | 1,786 |
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 InfantS | 15,394 |
" " Children 1 to 5 | 9,268 |
" Infants on Registers at end of the year | 1,436 |
" Children " " " " | 2,023 |
" Ante-Natal Sessions | 98 |
" " New Cases | 251 |
" " Attendances | 1,045 |
" Doctors Consultations | 790 |
Toddlers Clinics: | |
No. of sessions held | 12 |
" first attendances | 82 |
Total attendances | 151 |
No. of toddlers found with defects | 103 |
Total No. of defects found | 103 |
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