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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

Mitcham 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, 1943

Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, 1943

ParticularsPark RoadSt. BarnabasChurch RoadSherwood HouseTotal
Number of new eases registered during year of—
Children under one year of age125236267241869
Children over one year and under five years of age37263543111
Number of children in attendance at end of year—
Under one year of age113217242207779
Over one and under five years of age2983993353261358
Attendances of children under one year of age218532403340311011875
Attendances of children over one year of age872143511099574373
Total attendances at centres321949374751435117258
Average attendances at centres67.0698.7492.1383.6785.4
Percentage of infants under one year of age attending centres of the total live births............88

Table: Visits Paid by Health Visitors

Visits Paid by Health Visitors

ParticularsNo.
Primary ante-natal visits250
Subsequent ante-natal visits124
Primary birth visits936
Subsequent visits to infants2,475
Visits to children over one and under five years of age3,983
Visits re stillbirths4
Visits re deaths of infants under one year of age4
Visits re cases of ophthalmia neonatorum4
Visits re cases of puerperal pyrexia—
Primary visits to cases of tuberculosis72
Subsequent visits to cases of tuberculosis134
Special visits, and infant life protection visits640
Infectious disease visits189
Visits re diphtheria immunisation1,931
Total10,746

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Supply of Food and Medicines
Dried food, cod liver oil emulsion, Virol, Parrish's Food,
groats and Lactagol were sold at the centres, and in necessitous