London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bethnal Green 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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(2) Ante-natal and Post-natal clinics
Ante-natal consultations:-
No. of women who attended during year262
No. of new cases included above232
Total attendances1,367
No. of women who attended for post-natal consultations89
(3) Health Visitors
No. of children (aged 0-4 inc.) Visited during year2,586
No. of children under one year of age visited for the first time713
Total visits to children under 1 year of age3,677
Total visits to children aged 1 year and under 2 years1,802
Total visits to children aged 2 years and under 5 years4,617
No. of expectant mothers visited302
Total visits to expectant mothers641
(4) Care of Expectant Mothers
No. of premature live births64
No. of such infants who died within 28 days of birth7
(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
No. of Child Minders-Statutory
Voluntary15
No. of children minded-Statutory
Voluntary10
(6) Diphtheria Immunisation.
No. of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation:-under 5 years of age710
5 to 15 years of age281
No. of children given a reinforcing injection1,726
(7) Vaccination
No. of children successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated384