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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 32.—Clinic Services
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics
| Number of Women Attended | Number of Sessions held by | Total Attendances | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Ante-natal Examination (1) | For Post-natal Examination (2) | Medical Officers (3) | Midwives (4) | Medical Officer Sessions (5) | Midwives Sessions (6) |
| 1,565 | 204 653 | 197 | 5,461 | 747 | |
Table 33.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises
| 1 | Total number of Women who attended during the year | 618 |
| 2 | Total number of attendances during the year | 2,428 |
| 3 | Total number of sessions during the year | 303 |
Table 34.—Child Welfare Centres
| Number of Children who attended during the year | Total number of sessions | Total number of attendances | Total medical examinations | Number of Children on "at risk" register at end of year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in 1966 | Born in 1965 | Born in 1961-4 | Total | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| 2,822 | 2,659 | 3,094 | 8,575 | 2,021 | 51,159 | 24,517 | 1,141 |
Table 35.—Health Visiting
| Cases visited by Health Visitors | Number of cases | |
| 1 | Children born in 1966 | 3,149 |
| 2 | Children born in 1965 | 3,619 |
| 3 | Children born in 1961-64 | 6,796 |
| 4 | Total number of children in lines 1-3 | 13,564 |
| 5 | Persons aged 65 or over | 334 |
| 6 | Number included in line 5 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 84 |
| 7 | Mentally disordered persons | 34 |
| 8 | Number included in line 7 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital.. | 7 |
| 9 | Persons, excluding Maternity cases, discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals) | 146 |
| 10 | Number included in line 9 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 89 |
| 11 | Number of tuberculous households visited | 13 |
| 12 | Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 92 |
| 13 | Number of tuberculous households visited by tuberculosis visitors | 775 |