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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infants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared with 141 in 1945. The following table shows the number and nature of visits paid during 1946:—
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. | ||||
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First. | Re-visits. | Total. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | Total Visits. | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | — | 9 | 10 | Cols. 5-10 | |
St. James St | 326 | 415 | 741 | 791 | 1,532 | 386 | 24 | — | 96 | 48 | 144 | 250 | 2,336 |
High Street | 276 | 563 | 839 | 857 | 1,696 | 370 | 13 | — | 62 | 25 | 87 | 132 | 2,298 |
Hoe Street | 339 | 674 | 1,013 | 920 | 1,933 | 408 | 7 | — | 24 | 3 | 27 | 230 | 2,605 |
Wood Street | 331 | 354 | 685 | 333 | 1,018 | 179 | 6 | — | 71 | 4 | 75 | 98 | 1,376 |
Hale End | 490 | 1,380 | 1,870 | 1,222 | 3,092 | 437 | 32 | — | 121 | 31 | 152 | 177 | 3,890 |
Higham Hill | 552 | 1,031 | 1,583 | 2,343 | 3,926 | 241 | 30 | 4 | 62 | 23 | 85 | 239 | 4,525 |
Totals, 1946 | 2,314 | 4,417 | 6,731 | 6,466 | 13,197 | 2,021 | 112 | 4 | 436 | 134 | 570 | 1,126 | 17,030 |
Totals, 1945 | 1,582 | 4,279 | 5,861 | 9,320 | 15,181 | 2,393 | 95 | 20 | 274 | 118 | 383 | 1,181 | 19,262 |