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
Southwark 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Meetings
There have been regular meetings of the House Committee and these are followed
by interesting talks on the various aspects of their work by senior officers of the Health
Department.
Lunch time meetings of general practitioners continued to be held during the year
with very good attendances and afternoon film-strips were shown including one giving
instruction on 'Home Dialysis'. It is interesting to note that these meetings are now
recognised as one half session for general practitioner post-graduate payment.
Evening meetings have included those of the South East London Obstetric Society,
the South London Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the
"Psychiatric Club" which, under the auspices of the Inner London Education Authority,
arranges seminars on child guidance topics for doctors and social workers.
In view of the retirement of Dr. G.S.R.Little, Chairman of the Medical Staff
Committee a general meeting was held in November of the practitioners using the centre.
Dr. H.O'Brien was elected as Chairman and Dr. I.W.Crown succeeded him as Secretary.
The following general practitioners were also elected to serve on the Committee:
Dr. E.Almeida, Dr. C.Bhatt, Dr. J.Byles, Dr. S.M.F.Cure, Dr. D.Fletcher, Dr.
G.Harris, Dr. C.Josephs, Dr. L.Kwasny, Dr. T.Madden, Dr. Z.Nowiak and Dr.
S.D.Moss.
The volume of work carried out during the year in the various departments (excluding figures of the "Well Women" Clinics) was as follows:-
| Period | Path. Lab. | X-ray | E.C.G. | Allergy | Nursing | Minor Ops. | Total Investigations | Total Attendances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan.-Mar. | 1,644 | 1,332 | 324 | 32 | 676 | 5 | 4,013 | 2,777 |
| Apr.—June | 1,857 | 1,244 | 334 | 29 | 1,956 | 12 | 5,432 | 2,782 |
| July-Sept. | 1,488 | 1,050 | 276 | 18 | 1,332 | 13 | 4,177 | 2,429 |
| Oct.-Dec. | 1,583 | 1,030 | 281 | 79 | 1,273 | 13 | 4,259 | 2,292 |
| Total | 6,572 | 4,656 | 1,215 | 158 | 5,237 | 43 | 17,881 | 10,280 |
17,882 investigations compared with 14,052 in 1968 shows a substantial increase
largely due to the routine screening tests now carried out at the Centre.
The approximate findings on routine screening tests for the last 6 months of the
year were: —
Abnormal blood pressures 1.33%
Albumin in urines 1.7%
Sugar in urines 33%
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