[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 96

Deptford 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1933.

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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
To infants over 5 years
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
Other visits
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

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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.

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Deptford 1933

Table: Analysis of Visits paid by Health Visitors, 1933.

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