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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
Southwark 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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HEALTH WORK.
The number of visits made by the Health Visitors and other officers of the Public Health Department
to houses in connection with Births, and other Health Work during 1929.
TABLE 45.
Original Visits.
Revisits.
Visits to AnteNatal
Cases.
Visits to PostNatal
Cases.
Visits to
Delicate Infants.
Visits to Cases of
Diarrhæa and
Sick Children.
Attendances at
Welfare Centres
Visits where
Mothers were
found to be out.
Special
Visits, &c.
Puerperal
1 yrexia.
Total.
Births
Measles.
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
Births.
Measles.
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
Mrs. Holland
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
383
-
3
-
386
Mrs. Kingsmill
362
127
4
3,949
11
-
253
-
-
-
104
28
1
2
4,841
Miss Johnson
361
132
2
2,593
11
-
212
4
-
-
92
181
2
3
3,593
Miss Cleverley
301
322
2
2,468
4
-
132
1
-
1
105
238
16
6
3,596
Miss Rogers
272
87
2
2,911
11
-
74
-
-
-
93
309
-
1
3,760
Miss Cottrill
300
295
2
3,142
27
-
54
3
-
-
92
39
14
3
3,971
Miss Sayer
282
225
2
2,989
106
-
45
-
-
-
106
272
26
7
4,060
Miss Adair
253
71
2
3.511
1
-
81
-
-
-
90
5
-
2
4,016
Miss Freeth
370
190
7
3,700
27
-
199
-
-
1
98
71
-
12
4,675
Mrs. George
220
129
1
3,222
18
-
91
-
-
-
88
134
-
4
3,907
Mrs. George (home
help)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
237
-
47
-
284
Total
2721
1578
24
28,485
216
-
1141
8
-
2
4,488
1,277
109
40
37,089
112