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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The following table shows the number and nature of visits paid in 1949:—
Ward. | Visits to Children under 1 year. | Visits to Children 1-5 years. | Grand Total. | | Unsuccessful Visits. | Visits to Nurse Children. | Ante-Natal Visits. | Total Visits. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First. | Subsequent visits. | Total. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | Total Visits. | Other Visits. | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 8 | 9 | Cols. 5-9. | |
St. James St | 264 | 572 | 836 | 1,339 | 2,175 | 544 | — | 92 | 51 | 143 | 380 | 3,242 |
High Street | 218 | 656 | 874 | 1,077 | 1,951 | 271 | — | 31 | 27 | 58 | 180 | 2,460 |
Hoe Street | 292 | 743 | 1,035 | 1,204 | 2,239 | 415 | — | 22 | 7 | 29 | 347 | 3,030 |
Wood Street | 265 | 283 | 548 | 431 | 979 | 157 | — | 49 | 4 | 53 | 257 | 1,446 |
Hale End | 370 | 1,397 | 1,767 | 1,976 | 3,743 | 383 | — | 111 | 36 | 147 | 387 | 4,660 |
Higham Hill | 445 | 929 | 1,374 | 2,181 | 3,55.5 | 209 | — | 63 | 46 | 109 | 255 | 4,128 |
Totals, 1949 | 1,854 | 4,580 | 6,434 | 8,208 | 14,642 | 1,979 | — | 368 | 171 | 539 | 1,806 | 18,966 |
Totals, 1948 | 2,059 | 5,025 | 7,084 | 8,477 | 15,561 | 2,176 | 120 | 331 | 136 | 467 | 1,179 | 19,503 |