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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Details of attendance, etc., are as follows:-
| 1969 | 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of sessions held at Council clinics | 1,527 | 2,007 |
| Number of persons attending Council clinics | 2,307 | (no comparable figure) |
| Analysis by age-groups of attendances at Council clinics | ||
| Children - Under 5 | nil | 1 |
| 5 to 14 years | 92 | 322 |
| Males - 15 to 64 years | 995 | 1,228 |
| 65 years and over | 1,308 | 1,260 |
| Females - 15 to 59 years | 3,037 | 4,043 |
| 60 years and over | 6,256 | 6,546 |
| Total attendance at Council clinics | 11,688 | 13,400 |
| Number of attendances at Chelsea School of Chiropody made by patients for whom the Council provided transport between home and clinic | 243 | 25 |
| Number of patients referred to private chiropodist | 59 | 851 |
| Number of treatments given by private chiropodist | 747 | 189* |
* Service commenced 19th August, 1968
RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS
The decline in the number of recuperative holidays for persons
classified as "other adults" who are mainly elderly persons noted in
my Report for 1968, has continued. The demand for holidays for
children, and particularly for school children, shows a pattern, which
is not dissimilar to that of the biennial measles epidemics which
occurred in 1965 and 1967, but, as reported elsewhere, did not
materialise in 1969. The sympathy between these figures may, however,
only be coincidental.
Recuperative holidays -
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
Children under 5 22 11 17 11 22
School children 37 54 76 44 55
TOTAL 59 65 93 55 77
Measles notifications 211 296 847 575 1,084