[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1909].
- Edmonton (London, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1909]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The birth-rate of England and Wales is 0.9 lower than last year, and is the lowest on record, the death-rate is 0.2 below 1908, and the lowest on record, and the infantile death-rate is 11 integers less, and the lowest on record. The natural increase in the population of England and Wales, or the excess of births over deaths, is 396,235, or 8,248 less than the average of the preceding five years. THE LADY HEALTH VISITOR AND HER WORK. I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by Miss Tettenborn, and, later, by Miss Brown, during 1909. This officer acts in the dual capacity of Lady Health Visitor and Woman Inspector, and it will be seen that the bulk of her work falls into two correspondingly large divisions, viz. :— 1. The crusade against Preventable Infantile Mortality, as Lady Health Visitor; and 2. The work done as Woman Inspector in Factories, Workshops, etc. N.B.—During June no Woman Inspector was at work, as it was the inter¬ regnum between Miss Tettenbern and Miss Brown. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Month. After Births. Re-visits. After 6 months. Neglected Infants. After Deaths. Diarrhceal Diseases. January Ill 15 _ 2 11 F ebruary ... I 10 30 — 12 1 i 1 March 117 13 6 1 7 — April 116 12 — 1 10 — May 101 20 — 2 6 — June •—- — — — — — July 102 3 — — — — August 92 13 — — 21 4 September ... 41 47 34 — 3 9 October 61 8 — — 19 10 November ... 108 10 — — 3 2 December ... 56 8 — — 14 2 Totals 1015 179 40 18 105 28 “ Only one per cent, of the school children examined in 1999 showed signs of former rickets, and no child was found with active rickets.” [S.M.O.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30431372_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
