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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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| Miss D. Hayward | Miss R. Harris | Miss M. Knight | Miss L. Salway | Miss M. Luther | Mrs. L. Harrison | Miss E. Wyatt | Miss J. Hitchener | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Ante-Natal Visits | 2 | (5) | 47 | (97) | 34 | (66) | 55 | (96) | 47 | (75) | 55 | (113) | - | (4) | - | (7) | 240 | (463) |
| Subsequent Ante-Natal Visits | 3 | (10) | 1 | (2) | 20 | (35) | 4'2 | (63) | 94 | (144) | 71 | (143) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 231 | (397) |
| Primary Visits to Infants under 1 year | 4 | (6) | 117 | (246) | 106 | (172) | 123 | (234) | 163 | (284) | 153 | (298) | — | (27) | — | (30) | 666 | (1297) |
| Subsequent Visits to Infants | 2 | (4) | 327 | (625) | 466 | (740) | 518 | (1905) | 949 | (1584) | 513 | (1051) | — | (102) | — | (81) | 2775 | (5092) |
| Visits to Children 1—5 years | 3 | (8) | 800 | (1523) | 727 | (1241) | 1066 | (1830) | 1187 | (2019) | 382 | (875) | — | (208) | — | (155) | 4165 | (7859) |
| Visits to Premature Infants | — | (-) | 1 | (2) | 1 | (3) | 11 | (17) | 9 | (21) | 73 | (113) | — | (2) | — | (-) | 95 | (158) |
| Visits re Infant Deaths | — | (-) | 3 | (5) | 1 | (3) | 4 | (6) | — | (—) | — | (3) | — | (-) | — | (2) | 8 | (19) |
| Visits re Stillbirths | — | (-) | — | (2) | 4 | (6) | 3 | (3) | 1 | (1) | 2 | (2) | — | (1) | — | (-) | 10 | (15) |
| Visits to Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | (5) | 1 | (1) | 2 | (2) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | 7 | (8) |
| Visits re Cases of Puerperal Fever | 2 | (2) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (—) | - | (-) | 2 | (2) |
| Primary Visits to Cases of Tuberculosis | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | 1 | (1) | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) | 1 | (1) |
| Subsequent Visits to Cases of Tuberculosis | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Visits re Diphtheria Immunisation | — | (-) | — | (2) | 14 | (24) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 2 | (2) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 16 | (28) |
| Visits re Scabies | — | (1) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 2 | (2) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 2 | (3) |
| Visits re Other Infectious Diseases | — | (-) | 40 | (43) | 36 | (36) | 81 | (129) | 26 | (36) | 50 | (97) | — | (-) | — | (4) | 233 | (345) |
| Visits re Infant Life Protection | 39 | (92) | 2 | (6) | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 43 | (100) |
| Visits re Adoption | 33 | (67) | 5 | (9) | 10 | (22) | 19 | (33) | 6 | (7) | 2 | (19) | — | (-) | — | (3) | 75 | (160) |
| Visits re Home Help Scheme | — | (-) | 1 | (1) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | - | (-) | — | (-) | 1 | (1) |
| Special Visits | 7 | (40) | — | (5) | 14 | (22) | 22 | (38) | 15 | (21) | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) | 58 | (126) |
| Total | 99 | (240) | 1345 | (2569) | 1436 | (2373) | 1945 | (3355) | 2498 | (4193) | 1305 | (2718) | — | (344) | — | (282) | 8628 | (16074) |