London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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8. Dental Treatment
| Quarter | Sessions | Nursing & Expectant Mothers | Children under 5 yrs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Treatm'ts | Total Attends. | First Treatm'ts | Total Attends. | ||
| March | 25 | 23 | 60 | 33 | 50 |
| June | 24 | 12 | 75 | 27 | 46 |
| September | 21 | 20 | 42 | 25 | 35 |
| December | 15 | 15 | 36 | 40 | |
| Totals | 85 | 70 | 213 | 105 | 171 |
9. Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.
| Cases | Home Helps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity | Tuberculosis | Others | Total | No. Part Time | Whole Tim# Equivalent | ||
| On live Register at: | |||||||
| 1st Jan. '55 | 13 | 525 | 540 | 93 | 47.3 | ||
| 31st Dec. '55 | 5 | 9 | 484 | 498 | 102 | 50 | |
| Cases attended during 1955 :— | 55 | 25 | 801 | 881 | — | — | |
(b) Supervision Effective Ineffective Total
Visits made by Organising Staff: 2,612 257 2,869
10. Prophylaxis
Cases receiving completed prophylactic treatment during year—
Diphtheria Immunisation 783
Whooping Cough Immunisation 784
Vaccination 503
11. District Nursing
The staff of the Queens District Nursing Association for Charlton
and Blackheath made 29,471 visits during the year.
Visits carried out by the Ranyard Nurses and the Nursing Sisters
of St. John the Divine were additional to those quoted above.
12. School Health Service
| Vision | Nutrition | Special Investigation Clinic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Attendances | 666 | 163 | 164 | |
| No. of New Cases | 414 | 24 | 20 | |
| No. of Glasses Ordered | 137 | — | — | |
Note : As appropriate children from Greenwich also attend special clinics
in Deptford and Woolwich.