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City of Westminster 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table 32.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Table 32.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Number of Women AttendedNumber of Sessions held byTotal Attendances
For Ante-natal ExaminationFor Post-natal ExaminationMedical OfficersMid wivesMedical Officer SessionsMid wives Sessions
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
19671,1651366441494,698436
19661,5652046531975,461747

Table: Table 33.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

Table 33.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

19671966
1Total number of Women who attended during the year599618
2Total number of attendances during the year2,4962,428
3Total number of sessions during the year284303

Table: Table 34.—Child Welfare Centres

Table 34.—Child Welfare Centres

Number of Children who attended during the yearTotal number of sessionsTotal number of attendancesTotal medical examinationsNumber of Children on "at risk" register at end of year
Born in 1967Born in 1966Born in 1962-5Total
2,7042,5313,2138,4482,17446,51619,9051,298
19668,5752,02151,15924,5171,141

Table: Table 35.—Health Visiting

Table 35.—Health Visiting

Cases visited by Health VisitorsNumber of cases
1Children born in 19673,098
2Children born in 19663,200
3Children born in 1962-656,341
4Total number of children in lines 1-312,639
5Persons aged 65 or over310
6Number included in line 5 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital90
7Mentally disordered persons46
8Number included in line 7 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital6
9Persons, excluding Maternity cases, discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)35
10Number included in line 9 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital13
11Number of tuberculous households visited38
12Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases76
13All other cases814
14Number of tuberculous households visited by tuberculosis visitors593