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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Recuperative Holidays
Recuperative holidays in which the emphasis is on rest, good food and
fresh air, are provided for adults, including expectant and nursing mothers
and children. Arrangements for such holidays for school children are normally made by the Medical Adviser to the Inner London Education Authority,
usually at one of the Authority's holiday homes. The holidays are provided
on medical recommendations which are subject to approval by the Medical
Officer of Health. The following table summarises the arrangements made
during the year, (figures for 1967 in brackets):
Type of Case
Admitted to Homes
during 1968
Being Dealt with
at the end of 1968
Expectant and Nursing
Mothers 7 (6) 1 (1)
Other adults including
tuberculous persons and
psychiatric cases 78 (84) 5 (4)
Accompanied children 47 (29) 2 (1)
Unaccompanied children
(placed by I.L.E.A.) 195 (141) 22 (15)
Totals for the year: 327 (260) 30 (21)
Tuberculosi s
I am indebted to Dr.P.Stradling and Dr.H.C.Price for the following reports: No. of Cases on Register as at 31.12.68 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC
| Children | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Pulmonary | 573 | 414 | 8 | 43 | 1038 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 86 | 106 | 18 | 9 | 219 |
| 1257 | |||||
FULHAM CHEST CLINIC
| Children | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Pulmonary | 240 | 207 | 5 | 3 | 455 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 47 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 98 |
| 553 | |||||
| GRAND TOTAL= | 1810 | ||||
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