Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table 47. Mental Health:
No. of referrals— | |
a) Mentally 111 | 597 |
b) Sub -normal (severely sub-normal) | 56 |
Total | 653 |
No. initially admitted to hospital: | |
a) Informally | 81 |
b) Compulsorlly | 220 |
Total | 301 |
Final arrangements made: | |
a) No further action | 87 |
b) Hospital care | 301 |
c) Community care | 157 |
Total | 545 |
Table 48. Dental Treatment for expectant Mothers and Children under 5 years of age:
No. of persons examined | No. of persons who commenced treatment | No. of courses of treatment completed | |
---|---|---|---|
Expectant Mothers | 149 | 142 | 66 |
Children under 5 years | 185 | 150 | 168 |
Table 49. Facilities provided for General Practitioners:
Sessions held by G.P.'s in Council Clinics ante and post-natal | 208 |
Infant Welfare Sessions at G.P.'s surgeries attended by Borough Staff | 95 |
Table 50. Medical arrangements for long-stay immigrants:
Country where passport was issued | Immigrants Notified | Visits Successful | Unsuccessful | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Commonwealth countries | 715 | 429 | 471 | 900 |
Non-Commonwealth countries | 82 | 62 | 26 | 88 |
Totals | 797 | 491 | 497 | 988 |
Table 51. Tracing of V.D. Contacts June/Dec. 1965:
Patients referred | 240 | ||
Total visits | 470 | ||
Brought in — | 24 | False address — | 33 |
Attended — | 107 | Moved — | 27 |
Treated elsewhere — | 9 | Failed to see — | 3 |
Successful — | 140 | Seen—refused to attend — | |
Successful — | 140 | ||
Failed _ | . 70 | ||
Still outstanding— | 30 | ||
Total Patients referred: | 240 |
Table 52. Home Help Service:
Table 52. Home Help Service: | |
Staff at 31st December, 1965: | |
Organising and Clerical | 9 |
Home Helps, Full-time | 50 |
Part-time | 223 282 |
Numbers receiving service at December 31st., 1965: | |
Maternity | 2 |
Tuberculosis | 35 |
Chronic Sick | 149 |
65 years and over | 1610 |
Others | 44 |
1840 |
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