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Advisory and Preventive Clinics for the Over Sixties
These clinics provide facilities for a general examination of elderly
people and tests are made for haemoglobin estimation, blood pressure, urine,
hearing and vision. No treatment is given but the results of the tests together
with a report on the physical examination are sent to the general practitioner.
All persons attending the clinic for the first time are referred for a mass X-ray
and if they are unable to attend on their own, transport is arranged for them.
Advice is also given on maintaining standards of health and hygiene and on
benefits and aids available to them.
A fourth clinic was opened in November and during the year 132 sessions
were held and there were 412 attendances.
T.B. Care and After-Care—Adult Cases
The Council has no hostel for tuberculous persons, but, by arrangement,
uses the facilities provided by other London Boroughs or private homes or hostels
run by voluntary organisation. At 1st January, 1970 there were 12 men boarded
out; 4 were placed during the year, and 15 were still in care at 31 December 1970.
Medical Arrangements for Long Stay Immigrants
In order to deal with some of the special problems arising from the arrival
of a growing number of long term immigrants the Ministry of Health in 1965
made certain arrangements to ensure that they learned of the National Health
Service and how it should be used, including registering on a list of a General
Medical Practitioner in the area of intended residence and having a chest X-ray
if necessary. A card, giving this information in several languages is handed out
to immigrants at sea and air ports of arrival. Medical Inspectors or port medical
officers ascertain destination addresses and notify the appropriate medical officers
of health so that follow-up visits can be made. These are carried out by
health visitors or in the case of single male immigrants by a public health
inspector.
During the year, 411 advice notes of arrivals were received and 212
"first" successful visits made.
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