Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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3, Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.
Cases | Home Helps | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternity | Tuberculosis | ChronicSick, Aged & Infirm | Others | Total | No. Part Time | Whole Time Equivalent | |
On live Register at: | |||||||
1st Jan. '57 | 2 | 13 | 513 | 3 | 531 | 81 | 38 |
31st Dec. '57 | 6 | 12 | 536 | 5 | 559 | 77 | 34.5 |
Cases attended during 1957:— | 31 | 13 | 194 | 28 | 266 | - | - |
(b) Supervision Effective Ineffective Total
Visits made by Organising Staff: 2,634 293 2,927
9. Prophylaxis
(a) Immunisation and Vaccination (Children under 5 years)
Diphtheria immunisation (completed cases) 1,256
Whooping Cough immunisation (completed cases) 1,127
Vaccinated 928
(b) B.C.G. Vaccination (Children 13 years old at Greenwich Schools)
No. of Children 13 years old 1,394
No. for whom parental consent was obtained 1,085
No. of negative reactors vaccinated 913
No. of positive reactors X-rayed 119
(c) Poliomyelitis Inoculation (Resident children and those
attending Greenwich Schools)
No. of completed cases 4,000
10. District Nursing
The staff of the Queens District Nursing Association for Charlton
and Blackheath made 30,533 visits during the year.
Visits carried out by the Ranyard Nurses and the Nu sing Sisters
of St. John the Divine were additional to those quoted above.
11. School Health Service
Vision | Minor Ailments Clinics | ||
---|---|---|---|
No. of Attendances | 844 | 43,773 | |
No. of New Cases | 408 | — | |
No. of Classes pros ribed | 246 | - |
Note: As appropriate children from Greenwich also attend special cliniee
in Deptjord and Woolwich.