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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: VISITS BY HEALTH VISITORS.The following table shows the number of visits, etc. paid by the Municipal Health Visitors during the year.

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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