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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

Hackney 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: 1 .—HEALTH VISITING.The following table gives details of the visits made by the Health Visitors during the year:—

1 .—HEALTH VISITING.

The following table gives details of the visits made by the Health Visitors during the year:—

Miss M. ChitsonMrs. A. RhodesMiss D. F. VidalMrs. L. E. BartholomewMiss S. LoveMiss A. RocheMiss E.D. Mann.Mrs. L. HarrisonMiss M. CockleMiss K. Teebay (temporary)Miss E. Whelan (temporary)Eton Mission (voluntary)Hackney Grove (voluntary)Totals.
Number of visits to infants under 1 year of age (first visits)2702535972722463553742113682622582763904,132
Secondary visits to infants under 1 year of age677455521295199387253253507133821,2537805,795
Number of visits to children 1-5 years of age1,1224908285903804248564094851332591,2166877,879
Total number of infants and children visited2,0691,1981,9461,1578251,1661,4838731,3605285992,7451,85717,806
Number of visits to expec tant mother77429326980616662112422228801
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Total visits to Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases810111948512724131104
Total visits to Puerperal fever case------8-1----9
Total visits to Measles and German Measles Cases332023820281--_-_-88
Total visits to Whooping Cough cases1414391882031-_---108
Total visits to Epidemic Diarrhoea cases44-_2564165--_-_-_46
Total visits to Poliomyelitis cases--1-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_1
Number of special visits33467677-404014838765870-777
Number of fruitless visits (outs, removals, etc.)2319237738020911471153671592189355563,724
Total number of visits paid during the year2,4391,4092,5631,6641,1381,4301,7121,1611,8427769038,9852,44223,464
Total number of Clinics attended during the year12088117451311361361514064541141031,299