Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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HEALTH VISITORS.
Two whole-time Health Visitors are employed in the District
and work under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.
Both carry out their various duties in a very efficient manner.
The following Table shows the number of visits paid by the
Health Visitors during the year :
Reports of Visits paid by Health Visitors for 1923.
Miss Rogers. | Miss Knight. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Primary ante-natal visits | 76 | 9 | 85 |
Subsequent ante-natal visits | 77 | 16 | 93 |
Primary birth visits | 400 | 298 | 698 |
Subsequent visits to infants | 1596 | 1248 | 2844 |
Visits to children under five years of age | 1743 | 2256 | 3999 |
Enquiries re deaths of infants under one year of age | 17 | 15 | 30 |
Enquiries re stillborn births | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Visits re cases of ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Visits re cases of puerperal fever | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Visit re case of acute poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 |
Primary visits to cases of tuberculosis | 45 | 13 | 58 |
Subsequent visits to cases of tuberculosis | 66 | 26 | 92 |
Visits re cases of pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Special visits | 103 | 68 | 171 |
4138 | 3955 | 8093 |