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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
Heston and Isleworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The comments I made last year on preputial adhesions still hold, with only one difference, that whereas in these cases last year every one of them had been seen by a woman medical officer who was unmarried, this year, in one case only at one Clinic, where the child had been seen before coming into this district, apparently the medical officer was a married woman.
| Sales at Clinics. | Quantity. | Receipts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Cow and Gate | 11749 lbs. | 885 | 7 | 3 |
| Half-Cream Cow and Gate | 1687 lbs. | 130 | 10 | 8 |
| Ostermilk | 664 lbs. | 52 | 7 | 7 |
| Hemolac | 117 lbs. | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| Lacidac | 59 packet | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| Virol | 963¾ lbs. | 79 | 12 | 1 |
| Malt | 13 lbs. | 9 | 9 | |
| Oil and Malt | 751 lbs. | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| Lactagol | 1254 tins. | 71 | 2 | 2 |
| Cod Liver Oil Emulsion | 4698 bottles | 1.52 | 19 | 4 |
| Bemax | 634 packets | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | £1,427 | 4 | 5 | |
Ante-Natal Clinic.
This Clinic is held at 92, Bath Road, Hounslow. Owing to
the increasing attendances it was necessary in May, 1931, to put
on another additional session, which is held on the second Wednesday
in each month. The attendances are still increasing, and it is
expected that another session will be required in the near future.
Dr. J. W. Bell, who relinquished the Ante-Natal Clinic work
at the end of December, 1930, still acts as Consultant for obstetric
emergencies when required by a Medical Practitioner in a difficult
case, and for Puerperal Fever oases where a second opinion is
desired.
Mr. A. J. Wrigley, M.D., F.R.C.S., was appointed to take
over the Ante-Natal Clinic work at the beginning of the year
(1931).
The following are the figures with regard to the attendances
at the Clinic:—