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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0.56% had no separate sleeping accommodation. 513 infants lived in
accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared with 334 in 1946
The following table shows the number and nature of visits paid during 1947:-
Ward. | Visits to Children under 1 year. | Visits to Children 1-5 years. | Grand Total. | Unsuccessful Visits. | Visits to Nurse Children. | Ante-Natal Visits. | Other Visits. | Total Visits. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First. | Subsequent visits. | Total. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | Total Visits. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 8 | 9 | Cols. 5-9 | |
St. James St. | 389 | 542 | 931 | 909 | 1,840 | 452 | 18 | 109 | 40 | 149 | 270 | 2,729 |
High Street | 323 | 670 | 993 | 826 | 1,819 | 293 | 7 | 50 | 11 | 61 | 117 | 2,297 |
Hoe Street | 425 | 794 | 1,219 | 986 | 2,205 | 628 | 32 | 5 | — | 5 | 249 | 3,119 |
Wood Street | 347 | 344 | 691 | 345 | 1,036 | 160 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 43 | 103 | 1,366 |
Hale End | 579 | 1,679 | 2,258 | 1,604 | 3,862 | 288 | 36 | 71 | 36 | 107 | 285 | 4,578 |
Higham Hill | 611 | 1,566 | 2,177 | 2,558 | 4,735 | 299 | 27 | 66 | 38 | 104 | 318 | 5,483 |
Totals, 1947 | 2,674 | 5,595 | 8,269 | 7,228 | 15,497 | 2,120 | 144 | 337 | 132 | 469 | 1,342 | 19,572 |
Totals, 1946 | 2,314 | 4,417 | 6,731 | 6,466 | 13,197 | 2,021 | 112 | 436 | 134 | 570 | 1,130 | 17,030 |