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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
Kensington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE V.
The Work of the Women Health Officers for the Year 1927.
| HEALTH OFFICERS | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Child Welfare- First Visits to Infants | 17 | 277 | 323 | 281 | 230 | 332 | 399 | 1,859 |
| Return Visits to Infants | 127 | 667 | 606 | 813 | 997 | 746 | 978 | 4,844 |
| Visits to Children between 1 and 5 years | 283 | 1,600 | 967 | 1,492 | 1,164 | 1,088 | 810 | 7.404 |
| Stillbirth Enquiries | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| Return Visits to Ophthalmia cases | 8 | 2 | — | 7 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 59 |
| Visits to Measles cases | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 36 | 75 |
| Visits to Whooping Cough cases | 1 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | — | 10 | 57 |
| Visits to Puerperal Fever cases | 3 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Visits to Puerperal Pyrexia cases | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 55 |
| Visits to Enteritis cases | 2 | 7 | 7 | 30 | — | 5 | 9 | 60 |
| Infantile Death Enquiries | 13 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 134 |
| Milk Investigations | 24 | 51 | 77 | 57 | 7 | 106 | 141 | 463 |
| Ante-Natal Visits | 49 | 112 | 74 | 22 | 55 | 96 | 138 | 546 |
| Half-days at Welfare Centres | 22 | 100 | 152 | 143 | 90 | 116 | 148 | 771 |
| Special Visits | 934 | 154 | 313 | 159 | 228 | 267 | 360 | 2,415 |
| Tuberculosis— Pulmonary.—First Visits | 18 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 39 | 21 | 166 |
| Re-Visits | 219 | 313 | 242 | 231 | 68 | 198 | 303 | 1,574 |
| Non-Pulmonary—First Visits | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 66 |
| Re-Visits | 64 | 120 | 164 | 130 | 30 | 1 | 35 | 544 |
| Rheumatism— First visits to cases notified | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 43 |
| Factories and Workshops Act. Inspections of Factories | 24 | 43 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 142 |
| Inspections of Workshops | 480 | 30 | 43 | 8 | 256 | 17 | 23 | 857 |
| Inspections of Outworkers' Premises | 32 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 160 |
| Inspections of other Workplaces | 18 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | 33 |
| Total Visits | 2,367 | 3,553 | 3,162 | 3,488 | 3,152 | 3,100 | 3,567 | 22,389 |
| Notices issued under the Public Health Act— Intimation Notices | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Statutory Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Final Notices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Summonses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |