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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
Deptford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Attendances of Health Visitors at Clinics.
| Health Visitor | Infant ' Welfare | Toddlers' Clinic | Ante-Natal | Light | Massage | Schick | Dental | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Robus | 125 | - | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | 138 |
| Miss Little | 102 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 107 |
| Miss O'Loughlin | 92 | — | — | 19 | — | — | 55 | 166 |
| Miss Stowell | 66 | 47 | 4 | - | — | — | — | 117 |
| Miss Reynolds | 105 | — | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 108 |
| Miss Holland | 62 | 2 | 13 | 158 | - | - | 3 | 238 |
| Miss Clubbe | 180 | — | 192 | 39 | — | 19 | — | 430 |
| Miss Gibson | 103 | — | 122 | — | 82 | — | — | 307 |
| Miss Cloke | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 146 |
| Miss Sherborne | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 76 |
| Total | 1,012 | 49 | 339 | 227 | 82 | 19 | 105 | 1,833 |
Other visits
To expectant mothers
1027
387
1414
To Puerperal Fever or Pyrexia
7
—
7
Maternal death enquiry
1
—
1
To Common Lodging Houses
12
48
60
Total other visits
1,047
435
1,482
Unsuccessful visits
901
1097
1998
Totals
5,838
14,095
19,953
In the case of the 1,562 infants visited shortly after birth, it was
found that 1,411 infants were being breast-fed and 67 partly breast-fed.
Only 84 were entirely hand-fed.
Student Health Visitors.
By arrangement with the College of Nursing, we have had students,
each for a period of six weeks, working with the Health Visitors.
The students are State Registered Nurses and qualified midwives, who
are taking a course of instruction for the Health Visitors' Certificate,
and do part of their practical work with us. They help in the Infant
Welfare Centres and do a certain number of re-visits, measles visits, etc.,
under the supervision of the Health Visitors.