London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lambeth 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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HEALTH VISITING
Cases visited by Health Visitors
| Children born in 1971 | 5,693 |
| Children born in 1970 | 5,698 |
| Children born in 1966-69 | 12,470 |
| 23,861 | |
| Persons aged 65 and over | 3,165 * |
| Mentally disordered persons | 366 Ø |
| Persons, excluding Maternity cases discharged from hospital (other than Mental Hospitals) | 82 + |
| Number of Tuberculous households visited | 7 |
| Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 94 |
| Other Cases | 4,801 |
| Number of Tuberculous Households visited by Tuberculosis Visitors | 398 |
| Total number of effective visits and re-visits | 82,872 |
| Total number of unsuccessful visits | 17,673 |
*Included in this figure are 315 persons who were visited at the special request
of the general practitioner or hospital.
ØIncluded in this figure are 54 persons who were visited at the special request
of the general practitioner or hospital.
+ Included in this figure are 32 persons who were visited at the special request
of the general practitioner or hospital.
Domiciliary Midwifery
At the end of March, Miss L. Barber, who had been the non medical
Supervisor of Midwives in the area for many years, retired. It was with great
regret that we learned of her death while this report was in preparation.
The number of home confinements continued to fall, and this was not
balanced off by an increase in early discharges from hospital. The total
number of births in the borough fell as also did the percentage of home
confinements. Health Visitors were involved in a number of continuing
research projects although no major research project commenced.