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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Thanks are also due to the undermentioned for gifts of prams,
toys, high chairs, clothing, etc., which are given to the other
mothers: At Hounslow—Mrs. Dade, Mrs. Golf, Mrs. Hill, Mrs.
Hoddinott, Mrs. Hogg, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Midmore,
Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Sandford, Mrs. Sargeant, Mrs. Yates.
At the Isleworth Christmas Party, Mrs. Kenyon organised a
concert, and also gave a dancing display. Mrs. Brown did valuable
work in connection with the arrangements for the tea.

Table: Home Visiting.The visits by the Health Visitors in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Work are shown in the following table:—

Home Visiting.

The visits by the Health Visitors in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Work are shown in the following table:—

1926192719:2819291930
1st visits to babies under 1 year10381020112513041395
Routine Re-visits to babies and Children up to 5 years31904474420443113982
Inquiries made, elicited—
Feeding—Natural672747806887980
Artificial10241.474477
Both6216403256
Sleeping with parents202200247277260
Using Comforter231148154168195
Mother working during pregnancy7536514853
Year 1930. Other Visits—
Ante-natal First visits83
Subsequent visits15
Infants' Deaths and Stillbirths, Visits paid61
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Discharging Eyes127
Infantile Diarrhoea1
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia15
Measles and German Measles17Children under 5 years.
Whooping Cough6
Mumps5
Chicken Pox6
Pneumonia31
Bronchitis5
Milk and Food Cases36
Home Help23
Social Conditions48