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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 1947
[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 | 760 |
| First visits to newly-born infants | 1,088 |
| Revisits to infants under 1 year | 1,321 |
| Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 1,653 |
| Still-birth inquiries | 10 |
| Special visits to cases of measles | 556 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, whooping cough | 109 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, pneumonia | 14 |
| Visits to foster children | 68 |
| Visits in connection with infectious diseases other than those above specified | 637 |
| Total visits | 6,316 |
T able 36.— S ocial W elfare W orker. C are of U nmarried M others and their C hildren.
Number of cases brought to the notice of the department during the year:—
| through local authority records, clinics, health visitors | 34 |
| by nursing homes, hospitals, police, clergy, etc. | 12 |
| by mothers themselves | 10 |
| Total | 56 |
| Number of cases visited for the first time during the year | 56 |
| ,, ,, home-visits and revisits to all known cases | 575 |
| ,, ,, visits to employers, relatives, institutions, hostels, etc. in connection with cases | 307 |
| 938 | |
| Number of mothers:— | |
| (a) admitted to:— | |
| ante-natal or post-natal homes | 12 |
| long-stay training homes | — |
| short-stay shelters | 10 |
| special homes for confinements | 4 |
| (b) for whom:— | |
| residential employment was found | 15 |
| non-residential employment was found | 10 |
| housing accommodation was found | 2 |
| arrangements were made for return to native land | — |
Number of mothers concerned who were, at the end of the year living :—
with without
child child Total
as married 10 — 10
in own homes with husbands (extra-marital) — — —
with parents or relatives 8 8 16
at homes of employers (residential employment) 10 3 13
in lodgings 5 9 14
in institutions or hostels 3 — 3