Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table 37 — Home Nursing
1972 | 1971 | |
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Total number of persons nursed during the year | 3,472 | 3,495 |
Number of persons who were aged under 5 at first visit in year | 239 | 207 |
Number of persons who were aged 65 and over at first visit in year | 2,434 | 2,459 |
Table 38 — Domiciliary Midwifery
Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by domiciliary midwives | Discharged within | |
2 days | 60 | |
3—7 days | 288 | |
8 or more days | 470 | |
Total | 818 | |
Number of domiciliary confinements attended by midwives under NHS arrangements | 11 |
(Revised format as required by D.H.S.S. Earlier figures not comparable)
Table 39 — Chiropody Service
A. Number of persons treated
By City Council | By City of Westminster Old People's Welfare Association | Total | ||||
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1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | |
Persons aged 65 and over | 2,124 | 1,761 | 2,237 | 2,349 | 4,361 | 4,110 |
Expectant mothers | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Others | 76 | 145 | 12 | 26 | 88 | 171 |
Total | 2,202 | 1,906 | 2,249 | 2,375 | 4,451 | 4,281 |
B. Number of treatments given
In clinics | 10,354 | 10,988 | 4,871 | 3,094 | 15,225 | 14,082 |
In patients' homes | 982 | 493 | 5,615 | 5,506 | 6,597 | 5,999 |
In old peoples' homes | 715 | 852 | 828 | 701 | 1,543 | 1,553 |
In chiropodists' surgeries | - | - | 1,679 | 3,182 | 1,679 | 3,182 |
Total | 12,051 | 12,333 | 12,993 | 12,483 | 25,044 | 24,816 |