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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
Hammersmith 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Medical Arrangements for Long-Stay Immigrants
Advice on arrival of long-stay immigrants is received from ports and airports. Health Visitors
then contact the immigrants, give general information about the Health Service,and persuade them
to register themselves and their dependants with general medical practitioners and have chest
X-ravs where these are appropriate. The following figures relate to the year 1967 and figures for
1966 are given in brackets
Country where passport
was issued
Immigrants
notified
VISITS
Successful Unsuccessful
Total
Commonwealth Countries 643 (575) 379 (308) 427 (419) 806 (727)
Non-Commonwealth 45 ( 37) 30 ( 27) 15 ( 5) 45 ( 32)
countries
Totals 688 (612) 409 (335) 442 (424) 851* (759)
* more than one visit is necessary in some cases.
Chiropody
The demands on this service continued to increase. Most of the clinics are restricted to the
use of priority clases which are (1) elderly persons, (2) physically-handicapped; and (3) expectant
mothers. Only those clinics which were in operation before 5.7.48 can accept non-priority persons
for treatment.
Staff
14 Chiropodists were employed,8 full-time and 6 sessional, (including 2 Domiciliary Chiropodists), under the direction of the Chief Chiropodist.
| Clinics | No. of sessions per week | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Bagleys Lane, S.W.6. * | 11 | (11) |
| Bishop Creighton House, Lillie Road, S.W.6. | 3 | ( 3) |
| 52, New Kings Road, S.W.6. (B.R.C.S.) | 4 | ( 4) |
| 2/6 Fulham Broadway, S.W.6. | 10 | (10) |
| 706 Fulham Road, S.W.6.* | 12 | (14) |
| 48 Glenthorne Road, W.6.* | 7 | ( 8) |
| 219 Hammersmith Road, W.6. | 9 | ( 9) |
| St. Dunstand S.T.C. Captain Marryat School, W.6. | 10 | (10) |
| 207 Westway, W.12. | 5 | ( 5) |
* Clinics which were in operation before 5.7.48. at which non-priority
persons can be accepted for treatmen t.
The total number of treatments carried out at Clinics during the year was 23,708 (23.098),
and at Welfare Homes 1,254 (864).
Domiciliary Chiropody
This service is for housebound persons, usually elderly, and was greatly appreciated.
Two full-time chiropodists are employed on domiciliary work as part of their normal duties
and, in addition to this, full-time members of staff are permitted to do a small amount of domiciliary
chiropody as overtime, (normally 4 patients a week).
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