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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
Greenwich 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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8. Chiropody Treatment
| Quarter | Sessions | Attendances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Total | |||
| March | 415 | 341 | 4,934 | |
| June | 421 | 481 | 5,202 | |
| September | 438 | 311 | 4,947 | |
| December | 432 | 236 | 4,892 | |
| Totals | 1,706 | 1,369 | 19,975 | |
9. Dental Treatment
| Quarter | Sessions | Nursing & Expectant Mothers | Children under 5 yrs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Treatm'ts | Total Attends. | First Treatm'ts | Total Attends. | |||
| March | 8 | – | 15 | 25 | 56 | |
| June | 13 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 33 | |
| September | 16 | 15 | 55 | 20 | 108 | |
| December | 13 | 6 | 50 | 15 | 94 | |
| Total | 50 | 26 | 136 | 69 | 291 | |
10. Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.
| Cases | Home Helps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity | Tuberculosis | Others | Total | No. Part Time | Whole Time Equivalent | ||
| On live Register at: 1st Jan. '53 | 4 | 27 | 385 | 416 | 110 | 50 | |
| 31st Dec. '53 | 7 | 24 | 443 | 474 | 100 | 49 | |
| Cases attended during 1953:- | 67 | 49 | 689 | 805 | — | — | |
(b) Supervision Effective Ineffective Total
Visits made by Organising Staff: 1,710 270 1,880
11. Prophylaxis Cases receiving completed prophylactic treatment during year:—
| Diphtheria Immunisation | 889 |
| Whooping Cough Immunisation | 501 |
| Vaccination | 663 |