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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
Kingston upon Thames 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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On Wednesday, a Garden Party was given at St. Peter's
Vicarage, the prizes for Mothercraft being distributed Dy
Lady Penny.
The Day Nursery in Canbury Park Road was open
daily to visitors.
A film on the advantages of taking infants regularly
to Welfare Centres was exhibited at the " Kingston"
Cinema.
As a result of the effort our Centre was awarded a
certificate of High Commendation upon gaining fourth place
in the National Baby Week Council's Challenge Shield
Competition for towns over 15,000 population.
(v) Health Visitinn.
The Health Visitors paid the following number of home visits :—
| First Visits. | Total Visits. | |
|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers | 149 | 231 |
| Infants under one year | 508 | 2,65 7 |
| Children, one to five years | — | 3,556 |
| Incidental and Infectious | — | 668 |
As a routine procedure the Health Visitors make their
first visits at the end of ten days in midwives' cases, and at
the end of the first month in doctors' cases.
Subsequent visits are paid every two months up to the
age of six months, then every quarter up to the age of two
years, and finally every six months up to the age of five.
These arrangements have been satisfactory.
There are now very few unnotified births.
A letter, embodying an extract of the Act, asking for
an explanation of failure to notify the birth is sent to the
father of the child in every instance of an unnotified birth.