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
Lewisham 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Dorothy M Coe, SRN RFN SCM HV C & G
Technical Teachers' Certificate, DIP SOC
(Chief Nursing Officer)
Valerie J Buckingham, SRN RFN SCM MTD NDN Cert
(Divisional Nursing Officer)
HEALTH VISITING
VISITS TO HOMES
Children born in 1972 5,394
Children aged under 5 9,656
Children between 5 and 16 1,181
TOTAL 16,231
Persons between 17 and 64 1,677
Persons aged 65 or over 733
Mentally disordered persons 168
Persons, excluding maternity cases, discharged from
hospital (other than mental hospitals) 103
Infectious disease-chest clinic visitors 468
Households of patients with tuberculosis and other chest
conditions visited by chest clinic visitors (including
32 visits by district health visitors) 1,262
Other visits (special reports on overcrowding, housing for
for MOH) 202
GRAND TOTAL 20,844
SURVEYS
Assistance with surveys carried out by nursing and medical staff,
involving other bodies or organisations, include the following:-
1. Rubella Survey-National Surveillance of congenital rubella
defects.
2. Lewisham Hospital Survey on the effects of Rhesus incompatibility.
3. National Survey of Health Development.
4. Spina--bifida survey.
In addition, surveys have been held by Health Department staff on
the state of immunisation of age groups, etc.
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