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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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5. Relaxation and Educational Sessions
| Quarter | Relaxation Sessions | Educational Sessions* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions | Total Attendances | Sessions | Total Attendances | |
| March | 11 | 138 | 11 | 140 |
| June | 22 | 365 | 34 | 517 |
| September | 29 | 354 | 41 | 653 |
| December | 17 | 304 | 29 | 606 |
| Totals | 79 | 1,161 | 115 | 1,916 |
* Includes a Fathercraft Class
6. Artificial Sunlight, Massage etc.
| Quarter | Sessions | Attendances | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Total | ||
| March | 58 | 33 | 643 |
| June | 46 | 23 | 521 |
| September | 45 | 14 | 482 |
| December | 43 | 39 | 464 |
| Totals | 192 | 109 | 2,110 |
7. Chiropody Treatment
No. of Clinic Sessions 1,146
No. of First Attendances 501
Total Attendances 13,251
8. Home Help Service
(a) Analysis of Cases, etc.
| Cases | Home Helps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity | Tuberculosis | Chronic Sick, Aged & Infirm | Others | Total | No. Part Time | Whole Time Equivalent | |
| On live Register at: 1st Jan., '62 | 2 | 11 | 571 | 8 | 592 | 83 | 37 |
| 31st Dec., '62 | — | 11 | 589 | 6 | 606 | 92 | 37 |
| Cases attended during 1962 :— | 55 | 15 | 814 | 40 | 924 | — | — |
(b) Supervision
Effective Ineffective Total
Visits made by Organising Staff: 2,675 352 3,027