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 Walthamstow]
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| Ward. | Visits to Children under 1 year. | Visits to Children 1-5 years. | Grand Total. | Unsuccessful Visits. | Visits to Nurse Children. | Visits re Milk Scheme. | Ante-Natal Visits. | Other Visits. | Total Visits. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Re-visits. | Total. | First Visit. | Subsequent Visits. | Total Visits. | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | — | 9 | 10 | Cols. 5-10. | |
| St. James Street | 215 | 388 | 603 | 1,053 | 1,656 | 456 | 6 | — | 66 | 24 | 90 | 249 | 2,457 |
| High Street | 188 | 562 | 750 | 1,189 | 1,939 | 406 | 5 | — | 38 | 13 | 51 | 129 | 2,530 |
| Hoe Street | 216 | 719 | 935 | 1,156 | 2,091 | 624 | 5 | — | 16 | 9 | 16 | 191 | 2,936 |
| Wood Street | 235 | 297 | 532 | 567 | 1,099 | 357 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 126 | 1,632 |
| Hale End | 351 | 1,322 | 1,673 | 2,762 | 4,435 | 327 | 30 | 2 | 67 | 43 | 110 | 246 | 5,150 |
| Higham Hill | 377 | 991 | 1,368 | 2,593 | 3,961 | 223 | 42 | 15 | 57 | 19 | 76 | 240 | 4,557 |
| Total, 1945 | 1,582 | 4,279 | 5,861 | 9,320 | 15,181 | 2,393 | 95 | 20 | 274 | 118 | 383 | 1,181 | 19,262 |
| Total, 1944 | 1,649 | 4,088 | 5,737 | 6,261 | 11,998 | 2,067 | 104 | 15 | 261 | 128 | 389 | 984 | 15,557 |
infants lived in accommodation of 3 rooms or less, as compared with
119 in 1944.
The following table shows the number and nature of visits
paid during 1945:—
61