[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1910].
- Edmonton (London, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1910]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![25 THE WOMAN INSPECTOR AND HER WORK. I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by M iss Brown and, later, by Miss Hudson, during 1910. The bulk of her work falls into two correspondingly large divisions, viz. :— 1. The crusade against preventable infantile mortality; and 2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of her own sex. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Month. A f ter Births. Be-visits. After 6 months. Neglected Infants. After Deaths. Diarrhoea! Diseases. January 49 9 ._ — 10 *■- February 32 4 — — 13 — March 10 2 — — 1 — April 11 7 — 2 5 -— May 35 8 •— o -j 7 — J line 38 6 -- 1 — — July 72 24 — — 2 1 August 41 13 72 — 25 4 September .. 138 27 40 — 12 1 October 43 11 8 — 8 4 November ... 51 13 6 — 3 9 December .. 53 4 — 15 — Totals ... 573 131 130 5 101 12 “ Thirty boys and fourteen girls-—or a little over 1 per cent.—had either a history or showed traces of past rickets.—[S.M.O.] INSPECTIONS UNDER FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS. Factories. Workshops. Laundries. Outworkers. January — 9 — 1 February — 11 — 11 March ... 1 — 9 — April — 1 — — May —- — — 1 June — 3 — — J uly . 1 17 — 29 August ... 1 13 9 22 September 2 7 5 6 October... — 3 — 41 November -. 3 — 51 December — 3 4 11 Totals 5 63 20 173](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30431384_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
