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

City of Westminster 1972

Report of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Table 30 — Clinic Services, Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Table 30 — Clinic Services, Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Number of women AttendedNumber of sessions held byTotal Attendances
For Ante-natal ExaminationFor Post-natal ExaminationMedical OfficersMidwivesMedical Officer SessionsMidwives Sessions
1972489858363102,27318
1971583897353432,634100

Table: Table 31 — Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

Table 31 — Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

19721971
Total number of women who attended during the year508582
Total number of attendances during the year3,1392,433
Total number of sessions during the year386353

Table: Table 32 — Family Planning

Table 32 — Family Planning

City Council Clinics:19721971
Number of patients seen1438 female 80 male1175 female 68 male
Total number of attendances5,7145,107
Total number of sessions434357
Family Planning Association Clinics: Number of Westminster residents seen5,1603,078

Table: Table 33 — Child Health Clinics

Table 33 — Child Health Clinics

Number of children who attended during the yearTotal number of sessionsTotal number of attendancesTotal medical examinationsNumber of children on handicapped register at end of year
Born in 1972Born in 1971Born in 1967-70Total
1,9671,8452,3296,1411,85629,78710,471537
19716,6841,94835,67712,910484