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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77
437 infants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as
compared with 513 in 1947.
The following table shows the number and nature of visits paid in 1948:—
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. | 293 | 525 | 818 | 1,203 | 2,021 | 605 | 13 | 95 | 55 | 150 | 257 | 3,046 |
High Street | 295 | 683 | 978 | 899 | 1,877 | 292 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 76 | 2,288 |
Hoe Street | 343 | 713 | 1,056 | 995 | 2,051 | 494 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 241 | 2,826 |
Wood Street | 287 | 342 | 629 | 403 | 1,032 | 186 | 20 | 42 | — | 42 | 98 | 1,378 |
Hale End | 413 | 1,590 | 2,003 | 2,210 | 4,213 | 352 | 40 | 56 | 31 | 87 | 175 | 4,867 |
Higham Hill | 428 | 1,172 | 1,600 | 2,767 | 4,367 | 247 | 21 | 92 | 39 | 131 | 332 | 5,098 |
Totals, 1948 | 2,059 | 5,025 | 7,084 | 8,477 | 15,561 | 2,176 | 120 | 331 | 136 | 467 | 1,179 | 19,503 |
Totals, 1947 | 2,674 | 5,595 | 8,269 | 7,228 | 15,497 | 2,120 | 144 | 337 | 132 | 469 | 1,342 | 19,572 |