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
Tottenham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Institute of Child Health, and have provided other reports for no
less than twenty-two different hospitals in or near the London
area.
Health visiting in schools also takes up a proportion of each
health visitor's time. This includes attendance at routine
hygiene examinations and medical inspections. Requests for
health education in schools are increasing and during the year no
less than 73 talks were given by health visitors to classes of
school leavers at secondary modern schools in the area. Health
talks were also given to outside bodies such as Young Wives Clubs,
Wesley Guilds, the Women's Branch of the British Legion and the
Girls Life Brigade.
Clinic nurses have undertaken some of the routine work in
clinics and schools to give health visitors time for their more
essential duties.
TABLE 7
| No. of visits paid by all Health Visitors working in the area to; - | 1952 | 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | |
| Expectant Mothers | 2077 | 3332 | 1721 | 4544 |
| Children under 1 year | 3204 | 15241 | 3158 | 13825 |
| Children 1-5 years | 15 | 20804 | 27 | 18146 |
| Children of school age | 1 | 3417 | 5 | 2367 |
| Other persons | 3101 | 4010 | 1969 | 3253 |
| Tot als | 46804 | 42135 | ||
No. of health visitors employed at end of 1952:-
(a) Whole time on health visiting
(b) Part time on health visiting 29
(c) Equivalent whole time health
visiting service provided under
(b) including attendances
at clinics 22
Co-operation of General Medical Practitioners
One factor which must influence the working of the local
health services is the growing co-operation between the family
doctor and health visitor. This is developing in the following