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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1933.
To infants under 5 years Enquiries re | Visits. | Re-visits | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Births | 1539 | 12634 | 14173 |
Still-births | 39 | - | 39 |
Infant deaths | 99 | - | 99 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 33 | 58 |
Measles | 62 | 54 | 116 |
Suspected Measles | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Infant Diarrhoea | 20 | 6 | 26 |
Pneumonia" | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 90 | 49 | 139 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 13 | 14 |
Meningitis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever recoveries | 77 | 18 | 95 |
Scabies | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Visits to Foster Children | 21 | 43 | 64 |
Miscellaneous visits | 161 | 5 | 166 |
Total (under 5 years) | 2,148 | 12,865 | 15,013 |
Enquiries re | |||
Measles | 131 | 38 | 169 |
Suspected Measles | 2 | - | 2 |
Scarlet Fever recoveries | 119 | 15 | 134 |
Whooping Cough | 55 | 17 | 72 |
Scabies | 16 | 12 | 28 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Visits to Foster Children | 28 | 41 | 69 |
Miscellaneous visits | 436 | 84 | 520 |
Total (over 5 years) | 788 | 209 | 997 |
To expectant mothers | 1085 | 447 | 1532 |
To Puerperal Fever or Pyrexia | 12 | 9 | 21 |
Maternal death | 1 | - | 1 |
To Common Lodging Houses (formal inspections) | 14 | - | 14 |
Total other visits | 1,112 | 456 | 1,568 |
Unsuccessful visits | 952 | 1389 | 2341 |
Totals | 5,000 | 14,919 | 19,919 |
In the case of the 1,539 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,423 infants were being breast-fed and 55 partly breast-fed.
Only 61 were entirely hand-fed.