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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The visits by the health visitors in connection with the Mater
nity and Child Welfare Work are shown in the following table:-
| 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st visits to babies under one year | 888 | 1038 | 1020 | 1125 | 1304 |
| Re-visits to babies and Cildren up to five years | 3562 | 3190 | 4474 | 4204 | 4311 |
| Inquiries made, elicited— | |||||
| Feeding—Natural | 525 | 672 | 747 | 806 | 887 |
| Artificial | 104 | 102 | 41 | 47 | 44 |
| Both | 56 | 62 | 16 | 40 | 32 |
| Stillbirths | — | — | — | 23 | 23 |
| Sleeping with parents | 288 | 202 | 200 | 247 | 277 |
| Using Comforter | 276 | 231 | 148 | 154 | 168 |
| Mother working during pregnancy | 84 | 75 | 36 | 51 | 48 |
| Year 1929. Ante-natal. First visits | 155 | ||||
| Subsequent visits | 14 | ||||
| Infants' Deaths, and Stillbirths. Visits paid | 81 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Discharging Eyes | 140 | ||||
| Infantile Diarrhœa | 4 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | ||||
| Measles and German Measles | 3 | Children under 5 years. | |||
| Whooping Cough | 14 | ||||
| Mumps | 4 | ||||
| Chicken Pox | 12 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 43 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 4 | ||||
| Milk and Food Cases | 42 | ||||
| Home Help | 16 | ||||
| Social Conditions | 34 | ||||
| Other Visits | 310 | ||||
Year 1929.
Ante-natal. First visits 155
Subsequent visits 14
Infants' Deaths, and Stillbirths.
Visits paid 81
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and
Discharging Eyes 140
Infantile Diarrhoea 4
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia 16
Measles and German Measles 3
Whooping Cough 14
Mumps 4
Chicken Pox 12
Pneumonia 43
Bronchitis 4
Children under 5 years.
Milk and Food Cases 42
Home Help 16
Social Conditions 34
Other Visits 310
Health Visitors' attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare
Centres, Ante-Natal Clinics, etc., 380.
The Health Visitors also paid 581 visits to Infectious Disease
cases, and patients notified as suffering from Tuberculosis, etc.