London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barnes 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 35.—Home-Visiting.
| A summary of the work performed by the three Health Visitors during the year is given below :— | |
| Visits to expectant mothers | 497 |
| First visits to newly-born infants | 810 |
| Revisits to infants under 1 year | 2,487 |
| Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 2,912 |
| Still-birth inquiries | 7 |
| Special visits to cases of measles | 430 |
| „ „ „ „ „ whooping cough | 107 |
| „ „ „ „ pneumonia | 22 |
| Visits to foster children | 45 |
| Visits in connection with infectious diseases other than those above specified | 363 |
| Total visits | 7,660 |
Table 36.—Social Welfare Worker. Care of Unmarried Mothers and their Children.
| Number of cases brought to the notice of the department during the year :— | |
| through local authority records, clinics, health visitors | 53 |
| by nursing homes, hospitals, police, clergy, etc. | 16 |
| by mothers themselves | 2 |
| Total | 71 |
| Number of cases visited for the first time during the year | 67 |
| „ „ home-visits and revisits to all known cases . . | 609 |
| ,, „ visits to employers, relatives, institutions, hostels, etc. in connection with cases | 341 |
| Number of mothers:— | |
| ante-natal or post-natal homes | 14 |
| long-stay training homes | 1 |
| short-stay shelters | 3 |
| special homes for confinements | 3 |
| (6) for whom:— | |
| residential employment was found | 12 |
| non-residential employment was found | 2 |
| housing accommodation was found | 2 |
| arrangements were made for return to native land | 1 |