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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
Wandsworth 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Poliomyelitis vaccination—cases completed:—
| Council clinics, schools and general practitioners:— | ||
| Salk vaccine—primary courses | ||
| Born 1962-66 | 133 | |
| Born 1951-61 | 18 | |
| Born 1950 and earlier | 1 | |
| Total | 152 | |
| Salk vaccine—persons given reinforcing injections | 169 | |
| Sabin (oral) vaccine—primary courses :— | ||
| Born 1962-66 | 5,806 | |
| Born 1951-61 | 980 | |
| Born 1950 and earlier | 151 | |
| Total | 6,937 | |
| Sabin (oral) vaccine—persons given reinforcing doses | 3,851 | |
The following were sent away during the year under the Council's scheme for providing holidays for adults and children needing rest, good food and fresh air:—
| Expectant and nursing mothers | 10 |
| Other adults | 216 |
| Children under five years, not attending school | 41 |
| School children, including nursery school children | 219 |
Chiropody
The Council provides some 40 sessions weekly at foot clinics
where treatment is provided for old people, expectant and nursinc
mothers and the physically handicapped. Where patients are able
to walk but unable to reach the clinic, arrangements are made
for them to be provided with ambulance transport. During the
year 2,088 sessions were held : 604 people made a total of 13,190
attendances.
The following figures show the extent of this complementary service during 1966:—
| Number of centres at which sessions were held | 3 |
| Number of sessions held:— | |
| (a) at clinics | 310 |
| (b) privately | 122 |
| Number of individual patients seen:— | |
| (a) at clinics | 320 |
| (b) privately | 190 |
| (c) at home | 798 |
| Number of treatments at clinics | 1,982 |
| Number of home visits made | 4,790 |
| Number of treatments at chiropodists' private surgeries | 1,427 |