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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: 9. Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.

9. Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.

CasesHome Helps
MaternityTuberculosisChronic Sick, Aged & InfirmOthersTotalNo. Part TimeWhole Time Equivalent
On live Register at:
1st Jan., '642126151164010341
31st Dec., '64397061873611654
Cases attendedduring 1964:—6116916611,054—_
(b) SupervisionEffectiveIneffectiveTotal
Visits made by Organising Staff:2,0513312,382

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10. District Nursing
The staff of the Queens District Nursing Association for Charlton
and Blackheath made 41,374 visits during the year.
Visits carried out by the Ranyard Nurses and the Nursing Sisters
of St. John the Divine were additional to those quoted above.

Table: 11. School Health Service

11. School Health Service

VisionSpecial InvestigationMinor Ailments Clinics
No. of Attendances47623633,906
No. of New Cases234269,285
No. of Glasses prescribed107—-

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Note- As appropriate, children from Greenwich also attend special clinics
in Deptford and Woolwich.