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 Lewisham Borough]
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Table 11
1968 (9 mths only) | 1969 | |
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No. of first domiciliary visits by Medical Officer | 108 | 126 |
No. of visits by patients to clinic | 104 | 307 |
No. of persons aged 30 or over at first visit | 48 | 51 |
No. of persons with 5 or more pregnancies prior to first visit | 60 | 48 |
1 am indebted to the Branch Organising Secretary of the Family Planning Association
for the following figures of work carried out by the Family Planning
Association within the Borough during the year.
It should be mentioned that special youth advisory sessions were started at
Speedwell Street in October, and that the marital advice session was transferred
from the branch office to Louise House, Dartmouth Road, at the beginning of
November.
Table 12
No. of Clinics | 9 | ||||
No. of Clinics Sessions Held | 985 | ||||
No. of Doctor Sessions Held | 1,428 | ||||
No. of Cytological Smears Taken 1,740 Positive | 8 | ||||
No. of Patients Officially Referred by Hospitals | 119 | ||||
„ Notified by Hospital | 85 | ||||
„ Officially Referred by L.A. | 177 | ||||
„ Notified by L.A. | 208 | ||||
New Patients | |||||
Brockley | 280 | 620 | 1,086 | 5 | 15 |
Downham | 117 | 264 | 516 | 17 | 8 |
Forest Hill | 848 | 2,071 | 3,685 | 72 | 117 |
Lewisham Central | 585 | 1,401 | 3,247 | 14 | 36 |
Lewisham—Flower House | 305 | 1,045 | 1,448 | 35 | 35 |
Lewisham—Hospital | 144 | 400 | 402 | 18 | 59 |
New Cross—Amersham Road | 366 | 744 | 1,575 | 17 | 48 |
New Cross—Heathside | 63 | 85 | 81 | 2 | 1 |
New Cross—Speedwell | 157 | 172 | 324 | 8 | 24 |
New Cross—Speedwell Y.A.C. | 19 | 19 | 11 | — | — |
Total | 2,884 | 6,821 | 12,375 | 188 | 343 |
Note.—First visits include new patients, therefore equals number of individual patients.
These records do not include patients who visited the clinics for supplies only.
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